Achieve Quote by Jostein Gaarder

“A real philosopher, Sophie, is completely different kettle of fish - the direct opposite, in fact. A philosopher knows that in reality he knows…

— Jostein Gaarder

“Socrates himself said, "one thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“It takes a special kind of humility to grasp that you know less, even as you know and grasp more and more. It’s remembering…

— Ryan Holiday

When people asked Socrates, ‘What is wisdom?’ he always gave the same answer: ‘I don’t know’. In fact, Socrates never claimed to know much…

— Jim Rohn

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he…

— Robert Wilson Lynd

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so…

— Allan Bloom

Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and…

— Pierre Hadot

Socrates' way of life is the consequence of his recognition that we can know what it is that we do not know about the…

— Allan Bloom

Know Thyself SOCRATES

— Gary Preiss

The philosopher is someone who doesn't know, but who wants to find out.

— Simon Critchley

“Socrates: " All I know is that I know nothing". Paraphrase: All I know is that I have nothing and others don't even have it.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

We should realize that, if [Socrates] demanded that the wisest men should rule, he clearly stressed that he did not mean the learned men;…

— Anonymous