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“All I Know Is That I Know Nothing.” Why Does Socrates Say This' Is He Sincere' In The Apology Socrates proclaims to Meletus and the rest of his prosecutors at his trial for impiety that “If I do have any wisdom, great or small, I am quite unaware of it!”. This, at first glance, seems like a bizarre claim for reputedly the wisest man in Athens to be making, until it is shown in the light of some of his other teachings. Socrates was not being modest when he speaks of his wisdom (or lack of), nor was he trying to curry favour with those who were seeking to convict him. Rather, he was being quite honest when he claimed not to know anything at all, for that is what he truly believed. But to find out why Socrates would want to make such a claim, so other examples of his proclamations of ignorance must be examined. One of the most explanatory statements Socrates makes to justify his claim of ignorance is also found in The Apology. He is telling the story of how, after receiving the news from Chaerephon that the Oracle at Delphi had proclaimed that there is no man alive who is wiser than Socrates, he travels the land seeking to find someone wiser socrates, know, claim, man, knows, nothing, being, wiser, wisdom, ignorance, however, don’t, stingray, says, said, one, meno, make, good, about, truth, speaks, soul, socrates’, sincere, shown, quite, others, oracle, nature, just, intellectual, ideas, himself, great