<P> Again, closer to the quote, there is a passage in Plato's Apology, where Socrates says that after discussing with someone he started thinking that: </P> <P> τούτου μὲν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐγὼ σοφώτερός εἰμι κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ _̓ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> "Socratic paradox" may also refer to statements of Socrates that seem contrary to common sense, such as that "no one desires evil" (see Socratic paradoxes). </P>

Who said a wise man knows he knows nothing