Socratic ignorance generally. A philosophy can start in many places and end in many others. Socratic philosophy starts with “I don’t know.” It ends with “I don’t know.” Between those two points there is progress and improvement, but it isn’t a journey from a question to an answer; it’s a journey from one question to another. It’s also a change in orientation. Instead of moving through a series of certainties, you get used to searching without certainty. There is a lump under the mattress and you toss and turn in trying to deal with it and finally accept that you will never fully come to rest
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