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He thinks he knows. I know I don't. Slight edge: me.

Socrates, Plato, Apology 21d

The source

"He thinks he knows. I know I don't. Slight edge: me." Socrates said it in Plato, Apology 21d. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

"he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think that I know. In this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the advantage of him"

Benjamin Jowett, 1892, Plato, Apology 21d.

Who said it

Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). The Athenian who wrote nothing and questioned everyone. We know him through Plato.

Questions

Who said "He thinks he knows. I know I don't. Slight edge: me."?
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). Source: Plato, Apology 21d.
What is the original wording?
he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think that I know. In this latter particular, then, I seem to have slightly the advantage of him (Benjamin Jowett, 1892). Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

Filed under Calm.

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