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Socrates, the father of Western philosophy, defined wisdom as the awareness of one's own ignorance. When the Oracle at Delphi declared him the wisest man in Athens, he was confused—he felt he knew nothing. He eventually realized that he was wisest because he alone *knew* that he knew nothing, while others falsely believed they possessed knowledge. Socratic wisdom is not the accumulation of facts, but the commitment to questioning and the pursuit of truth through dialogue.
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