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... wise because he knew nothing , and knew that he knew nothing ; while other people knew as little as he , and thought that they knew a great deal . Every one is familiar with allusions to this story : such for instance as that in Lord ...
... wise because he knew nothing , and knew that he knew nothing ; while other people knew as little as he , and thought that they knew a great deal . Every one is familiar with allusions to this story : such for instance as that in Lord ...
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... wise enough to find out that , and so far he was wiser than they . But what was the knowledge which Socrates . thus sought : which he could not find for himself , and which his neighbours could not help him to find ? We have no ...
... wise enough to find out that , and so far he was wiser than they . But what was the knowledge which Socrates . thus sought : which he could not find for himself , and which his neighbours could not help him to find ? We have no ...
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... Wise , and Aristides the Just . Contemporary with Aristides was another statesman , Thucy- dides , not the historian , but a man of an earlier generation , the rival of the great Pericles . These statesmen , Aristides and Thucydides ...
... Wise , and Aristides the Just . Contemporary with Aristides was another statesman , Thucy- dides , not the historian , but a man of an earlier generation , the rival of the great Pericles . These statesmen , Aristides and Thucydides ...
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... to deserve it . " NIC . " Not I , Laches : be not afraid . But I say that you and Lamachus , and many other Athenians are wise , if you are courageous . ' ( Lamachus was an Athenian general who per- ished with 32 LACHES .
... to deserve it . " NIC . " Not I , Laches : be not afraid . But I say that you and Lamachus , and many other Athenians are wise , if you are courageous . ' ( Lamachus was an Athenian general who per- ished with 32 LACHES .
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... wise man , Nicias : but nevertheless I advise these men Lysimachus and Melesias not to consult you or me about the education of their sons , but Socrates here , and , as I said before , not to let him go . That is what I should do ...
... wise man , Nicias : but nevertheless I advise these men Lysimachus and Melesias not to consult you or me about the education of their sons , but Socrates here , and , as I said before , not to let him go . That is what I should do ...
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