My beloved Socrates once said, “I know one thing: that I know nothing.” This is actually an illogical sentence. Strictly and logically speaking, you cannot know something if you know nothing. However, Socrates knew that the only thing he truly knew was how little he actually knew.
Many people in his time thought that they knew things and were masters of their subjects. But Socrates understood that knowing is very difficult, especially when it comes time to answer really difficult questions about a particular topic.
Most of the time, he asked questions because he genuinely wanted to understand. One day, he came to the conclusion that although the people around him had skills and knowledge, they did not actually have a deep understanding of them.
This is the only reason why he was a little wiser, not because he knew more, but because he understood that, at the end of the day, the things he thought he knew were not as certain as he had believed. He also understood that other people were often ignorant of their own lack of knowledge.
That does not mean that he had all the answers. It means that he was one step closer to the truth.
Efstathios Chatzikyriakidis 