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What is the meaning of this famous quote? (pg. 2)
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| Tech0rz |
| Kinda back-fired when he didn't know when to shutup and added the bit about being "smartest of all". |
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| MrSquirrel |
The biggest problem with "understanding" any of the ancient scholars is the translation. You are reading that quote through the filter of the person who translated it from the original ancient greek. The only way to truly understand what Socrates was saying is to learn ancient greek and to read his original words. I am sure there is something lost in the translation and if you were able to read the original language, you would be able to think and feel a better connection with the author.
But that aside, I agree with Renegade.
No matter how much you know about something, there is always more to learn about it. Even the most knowledgable about certain topics have more to learn.
MrS |
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| Drifter |
| if i said i didn't know what it means, does it mean i'm the smartest of them all? |
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| DigitalPhoenix |
| Socrates meant: "Act stupid...no one will know the difference" ;) |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Being smart and having knowledge are not the same thing. Any person can read something, remember it, and spew it out later...but that doesn't make them smart. |
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| Denser |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
mhmm, be humble, and search for more, there is always something to learn. |
simply put, that's the right idea.
if you are smart you will seek the answers and the journey will be your life.
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Being smart and having knowledge are not the same thing. Any person can read something, remember it, and spew it out later...but that doesn't make them smart. |
that's not what it means at all |
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| Tech0rz |
| quote: | Originally posted by paranoik0
It means he didn't study enough for some exam, so he came up with this stupid excuse for not knowing his . |
I'm guessing that's not what he meant either. ;o |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
that's not what it means at all |
Yeah thanks. Why don't you go back and read my FIRST post in this thread. |
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| occrider |
| I don't think it's a lesson in humility so much as it is a reflection that one can never know too much. |
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| FallingMoon |
Leave your mind open to new knowledge. Never eliminate the possibility that there is something more to learn. You cannot know everything, accepting this makes you smarter than those who think they know everything.
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| Masonious |
| quote: | Originally posted by FallingMoon
Leave your mind open to new knowledge. Never eliminate the possibility that there is something more to learn. You cannot know everything, accepting this makes you smarter than those who think they know everything.
IMO |
Here are two quotes that compliment Socrates' well:
To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot |
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