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 Scott Scott October 22, 2012 October 22, 2012 at 10:37:16 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

by Confucius (孔子)

shanghainese shanghainese December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013 at 9:56:03 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Some ascribe it to Socrates. I tried to find the original related to Confucius, and did not succeed.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quot...tes123502.html

tommy_san tommy_san December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013 at 10:15:05 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

What Confucius said is: 知之爲知之、不知爲不知、是知也。

shanghainese shanghainese December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013 at 10:23:16 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Right, which is not quite the Socratic variant given here.

Trans. by Legge:
[The Master said, "You, shall I teach you what knowledge is?] When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

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To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

added by Scott, October 22, 2012
➜ #1946255lo nu djuno cu se smuni lo nu djuno lo du'u nonydjuno .i la'edi'u smuni lo ka djuno

linked by FlamingTofu, October 23, 2012
➜ #1947484Savoir est savoir que vous ne savez rien. C'est la signification du vrai savoir.

linked by sacredceltic, October 23, 2012
➜ #1982585Saber es saber que no sabes nada, ese es el significado del verdadero conocimiento.

linked by Shishir, November 4, 2012
➜ #2085761जाणणे म्हणजे हे जाणणे की तुम्ही काहीही जाणत नाही. तोच खर्‍या ज्ञानाचा अर्थ.

linked by sabretou, December 17, 2012
➜ #2085763माहीत असणे म्हणजे हे माहीत असणे की तुम्हाला काहीच माहीत नाही. तोच खर्‍या ज्ञानाचा अर्थ.

linked by sabretou, December 17, 2012
➜ #2618902Scii estas scii, ke oni scias nenion.Tio estas la senco de la vera scio.

linked by martinod, February 21, 2015