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Interpretations Of Socratess D
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“…. he went to Delphi at one time and ventured to ask the oracle…he asked if any man was wiser than I, and the Pythian replied that no one was wiser…” 21b
The oracle speaks in amphiboly. An amphiboly is a statement whose meaning is indeterminate in a peculiar way. The ....
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....kes him the wisest among the mortal.
If Socrates is the wisest among the mortals, and that he belongs to the second group, then it will be logical to assume that there are no mortal in the third group. It can also be said that most mortals are ignorant. Therefore, the interpretation is that even though one can never hope to attain true wisdom, and that anything below it is worthless, one should nevertheless, strive to be wise rather than a fool.
Two of Socrates missions, as lay out in the Apolo.... |
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