Socratic Quotes

“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Through my questions, you will learn to teach yourselves.”
― John Jay Osborn Jr., The Paper Chase

“And soon after I procured Xenophons memorable things of Socrates, wherein there are many examples of the same method [socratic method]. I was charged with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquire. And being then, from reading Shaftesbury in Collins, made a doubter, as I already was in many points of our religious doctrines, I found this method safest for myself and very embarrassing to those against whom I used it; therefore, I took a delight in it, practiced it continually, and grew very artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves, and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor my cause always deserved.”
― Benjamin Franklin, [(The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin )] [Author: Benjamin Franklin] [Jun-2013]