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i just made this right now, after trembling at my first professional correspondence with an old highschool friend.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you know what you don't know, which is an aspect of knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In fact in Plato's Apology, Socrates argues that nobody in Athens is wiser than him (Socrates) because none of them are really wise, but at least Socrates knows that he's ignorant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you know that?