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“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.”

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Socrates, a renowned Greek philosopher, lived from 471 BC to 399 BC. He is known for his unique teaching method, the Socratic method, which emphasizes self-discovery through questioning. Socrates' philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, and he is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy. more

“If atoms do, by chance, happen to combine themselves into so many shapes, why have they never combined together to form a house or a slipper? By the same token, why do we not believe that if innumerable letters of the Greek alphabet were poured all over the market-place they would eventually happen to form the text of the Iliad?”

Ifs Believe Happens Together Form Science House Belief Chance Shapes Letters Greek Atoms Alphabet Tokens Slippers Iliad

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.”

Believe May Science Belief I Believe Interest Views Subjects Originals Originality Conceit

Book:Autobiography and Selected Letters

Source: Autobiography and Selected Letters

“Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.”

Firsts Science Belief Understood Absurd

Author:Peter Abelard

“Some beliefs may be subject to such instant, brutal and unambiguous rejection. For example: no left-coiling periwinkle has ever been found among millions of snails examined. If I happen to find one during my walk on Nobska beach tomorrow morning, a century of well nurtured negative evidence will collapse in an instant.”

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