"A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little." (Sophie’s World)
This quote seems to have real meaning for me. This quote, as I understood it, says that all of the people who have great knowledge and use that knowledge to answer what they do not know are not philosophers. Philosophers are instead, people who know they know nothing of the real world no matter how much they learn; these people do not answer philosophical questions they interpret and digest them, discovering their true meaning in order to learn what the question poses to offer. The quote seems to be almost scientific in nature, in science you need to prove something with your knowledge, but every advancement made sets you back with all the questions it opens up, such as if we discover how to travel at the speed of light we would then have to answer the question where do we go and many unknown more. The idea that every advancement only proves how little you know is very scientific in nature, and this idea seems to manifest itself in math and science but not any other foundation of learning.
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