patagonianplato
2007-08-23 05:36:41
Used in the Socratic sense, the word “ignorance” has no pejorative connotation whatsoever. It is very unfortunate that common usage has turned it into an insult -beleidigung – insulto, etc. I was able to convince precious few of this in graduate school. I believe that both Socrates and Plato would define it as simply “lack of knowledge.” (Don’t worry, I will not begin a discussion of the word, knowledge, here.) I know of no one, including myself, who is not ignorant about any number of subjects. In fact, Socrates knew only one thing for certain. He knew enough to know that he was ignorant. The reviewer has yet to reach this point.
