Wisdom Can Probably Best Be Term Paper

In many ways, according to Socrates, wisdom and humility come very close in terms of meaning.

According to the legend, the oracle was asked whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates, to which the oracle replied that Socrates was the wisest. This led Socrates to take his time and research on the other people's wisdom, not believing that he himself was the wisest and knowing that other individuals as well possessed great knowledge. His findings revealed that other individuals had boasted their knowledge rather than possessing it, while Socrates owns it without boasting it.

The interesting thing of the humility wisdom professed by Socrates is that he claims he does not possess wisdom, while the oracle tells him that he does. The fact that he actually goes to investigate into the matter suggests that Socrates does believe he is wise, but he sees wisdom in relationship with the other individuals (wise individuals in this case), whom he wants to examine in order to determine why he is wiser than all of them.

It is more sustainable to say that Socrates does not deny his own wisdom, but he is also wise because he wants to be evaluated along with the other individuals and see how his own knowledge differs from their own and how they are not wiser than he is. His interpretation of wisdom does reflect certain aspects of knowledge, because the people he investigates are in fact researched in terms of their knowledge.However, this is combined with their admittance to being wise or not, as a fundamental manifestation of wisdom.

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