Wisest is he...

who knows that he knows not. Well that certainly depends. I truly just argued myself into a corner that I then got out of by busting a hole in the wall. So Socrates was this gent that believed that he was, in essence, the basis for all who are wise, since he knew nothing and claimed to know nothing. Wow! Amazing! So insightful! right? Maybe not so much. The Oracle at Delphi answered that Socrates was indeed the wisest man in all of Athens. This could not be so, according to Socrates, so he went around to all the wisest men of Athens and discussed with them how indeed they must be wiser than he. He came to the conclusion though that he was truly wiser for they claimed to know all there was to know in their given fields, yet he claimed nothing. All good and grand and such. I'll agree with the fact that any self-proclaimed 'know-it-alls' probably don't know shit. But essentially, isn't Socrates message then, that the man seeking to learn is wiser than the man he seeks the knowledge from? That hardly seems feasible. Ah philosophy, I could do this forever...