(1) did you mean this literally, that we know nothing? in that case, you don't know what you are talking about (literally, not meant or directed as an insult.) Everyone on this site knows SOMEthing. Like the alphabet, the language, their own passwords, etc. So either you meant it literally, in which case it's a sheer coincidence that you type intelligible sentences, or else you meant it symbolically, in which case you have a lot of explaining to do.Nick_A wrote: (1) All I do on this site is try to find people willing to discuss philosophy from square one which means we know nothing.
(2) Modern philosophy consists of people who believe they know a lot and want to argue opinions.
(3) I'd prefer to find those who have experienced that like Socrates they know nothing and willing to discuss why it is so.
(4) Those with this attitude learn from each other.
(5) Admitting we know nothing may be wise but it surely isn't righteous.
(2) Your opinion or stating of the status quo I fully agree with, and I only can add that you are part of that lot much like me and everyone else on the site.
(3) Please see point 1.
(4) Those who know nothing, can learn nothing only from those others who know nothing.
(5) Anyone on this site who admits they know nothing, is not admitting anything, but uttering a falsehood. They instead of uttering an admission, insist on the falsehood that they know nothing, while fully knowing that it is not true that they know nothing.
(6) Falsely purporting that you know nothing is righteous and not wise at all. It is, instead, parroting an absurd statement attributed falsely to a great man, and riding on it like on a paper tiger.
I wish to call your attention to books such as the Republic by Plato, in which Socrates is shown as a cunning and shrewd arguer. He commits even fallacies in arguments, in order to win a debate. He is a flesh-and-blood, full-of-healthy-egotism human, full of knowledge and full of vitality... a man who is cunning, clever, and revels in winning arguments.
I have once researched on Wiki and other sites the argument "I know nothing" by S. The research sites deny this was ever uttered by S., and they cite transliterations of his words (by Plato) that may have given rise to the false fact that S. did say this.
This is not rocket science, anyone can replicate my search.