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It is true that the successful quest for
wisdom
might lead to the result that
wisdom
is not the one thing needful. But this result would owe its relevance to the fact that it is the result of the quest for
wisdom
: the very disavowal of reason must be reasonable disavowal.
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By realizing that we are ignorant of the most important things, we realize at the same time that the most important thing for us, or the one thing needful, is quest for knowledge of the most important things or quest for
wisdom
.
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[The sophist] is concerned with
wisdom
, not for its own sake, not because he hates the lie in the soul more than anything else, but for the sake of the honor or the prestige that attends
wisdom
.
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We are confronted with the incompatible claims of Jerusalem and Athens to our allegiance. We are open to both and willing to listen to each. We ourselves are not wise but we wish to become wise. We are seekers for
wisdom
, philo-sophoi.
Leo Strauss
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Born:
September 20, 1899
Died:
October 18, 1973
(aged 74)
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