"Wisdom begins with wonder. Only those who stop and question obvious things discover truth."
Today's Question
If you used a child's eyes to ask 'Why?' about everything today, what familiar scene would you want to analyze first?
The poison cup of the questioner: Socrates’s wonder
Socrates believed knowing that you know nothing is the starting point of wisdom. He valued 'Wonder'—seeing the obvious as strange.
In the Athenian square, he asked, 'What is justice?' or 'What is courage?' People were puzzled, but through answering, they realized their own prejudices. He sought to wash away the impurities of the soul through questioning.