Socrates — "I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and g…"

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
Socrates — Socrates Ancient · Father of Western philosophy

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Plato's Apology, explaining his interpretation of the Oracle's statement

Date: c. 399 BCE

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