This is the Jewish equivalent to the story of Socrates. The Delphic Oracle proclaimed Socrates the wisest in Athens because although he knew nothing, everyone else also knew nothing, whereas Socrates alone knew that he knew nothing. The Jewish variant states that we all know something, and the wisest is the one who knows that we all know something, and is therefore willing to learn from everyone, for none of us knows all the truth, but each of us knows some of
