(May 4, 2018 at 5:34 am)KittyAnn Wrote: it means that none of us knows everything but each of us knows something...
I'm glad you recognize that latter point!
Next time somebody tells me that they know I know nothing I'll tell them "KittyAnn says you're wrong", lol.
That annoys me so much! Lol. It's kind of ironic to tell someone they know nothing because it's kind of hypocritical and ironic lol.
Skepticism has been taken a step too far when people are telling me I'm being intellectually dishonest and committing an act of hubris to announce that I know that I'm conscious, that I know that 2+2=4, that I know that bachelors aren't married and that I know that a square has 4 sides...
True rationality is a balance of knowing and not knowing.
And Socrates is indeed awesome because he got me into philosophy. But this quote:
"I know that I know nothing" - Socrates
May indeed be a classic but the reality of it is that it is not only self-contradictory but it is totally inferior to this one:
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." - Francis Bacon
So, there ya have it. Good one KittyAnn.
