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Article: Is anyone wiser than Socrates?(Biography)
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- October 1, 2004
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Socrates had long been friends with a man named Chaerephon. One day, Chaerephon decided to travel to the city of Delphi to ask the oracle (see page 7) who lived there whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates. The response he received was simple: There was no one.
Because the oracle at Delphi was known for answering questions in mysterious ways, the response seemed unusually clear to Chaerephon. However, when he told Socrates of the answer, Socrates said that he did not understand its meaning. Socrates knew that his friends considered him a wise person, but he did not feel the same about himself. He thought that he did not have the answers to many questions. ...