"The only thing you can be certain of is that you cannot be certain of anything" — Yadoula
It is paradoxical because it should make an exception for that one thing. That is, it should say"The only thing you can be certain of is that you cannot be certain of anything"
This sentence is clearly paradoxical and so cannot be true. — Yadoula
"The only thing you can be certain of is that you cannot be certain of anything" — Yadoula
Maybe you can provide a reference.
I know in the "Apology", Plato reports Socrates saying:
"At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he to this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know" 22d — Cavacava
The actual quote from Plato's Apology is "I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know." — Michael
This sentance is clearly paradoxical and so cannot be true. I think — Yadoula
And... The human mind blatantly is capable of understanding everything. — Yadoula
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