The Wisdom Of Socrates The wisdom of Socrates stemmed from his alleged ignorance of knowledge. He claimed that he was wise only because he admitted his lack of scholarship and could come to terms with this idea. Nevertheless, in his own supposed ignorance he wished to prove that others were as ignorant as he but definitely not as wise. His end goal was to prove that the wisest men in Athens were not as wise as they believe and to institute a level of humility into their lives. Socrates was fond of believing that only a wise man knows what he does not know. The way in which he argued his point was by beguiling his “victim” into claiming a position where ....

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