"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's own ignorance."
2007-12-03 15:08:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Apparently it was Confucius.
2007-12-03 15:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Boy, Interrupted 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I vaguely remember being confused by a dissertation by Locke on the virtue of ignorance , but I could be wrong.
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Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct. If we can find out those measures, whereby a rational creature, put in that state in which man is in this world, may and ought to govern his opinions, and actions depending thereon, we need not to be troubled that some other things escape our knowledge.-----------------
2007-12-03 16:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many wise people have said this in one form or another - I myself would hire an applicant, sight unseen, if it said on his or her resume only:
I know the difference between what I know and what I don't know.
2007-12-04 06:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by All hat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates.
2007-12-03 15:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by spartanmike 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was OJ Simpson....
2007-12-03 15:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Spanky Mc Cranky 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋