An example of Socratic ignorance

“Lysimachus and Melesias have invited us to discuss their sons, because they’re anxious for the boys’ characters to develop in the best way possible. So, what we must do, if we claim we can, is to point out to them teachers who are known firstly to have been upstanding men in their own right and to have cared for many young men’s characters, and secondly to have taught us also. …

I’ll be the first to explain my position, then, Lysimachus and Melesias, and I may say I’ve not had any instruction on...