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But, is there really a truth? Just because something isn't rational, doesn't mean it can't have validity. Take God for an example: Do we have physical proof there is an entity beyond us? No, people just have faith and believe it to be true. Just because laws are put in place to govern over the masses, does that mean they have validity, truth, and justice supporting that? It's in the eye of the beholder. I'm glad you called me on this oh-so wonderous trap of sorts, so I could go into this. There's no way that I honestly believe you're wrong... In fact, you're very much so correct, to yourself, where I'm very much so correct to myself.... or are we both inevitably wrong and telling lies?

I believe it to be, the knowledge of knowing that there will always be unexplainable, no matter what.

Alright, let's take religion for an example. People say they know God, but they don't, otherwise they, in essence, would be God themselves. That, is not possible. Looking at philosophers, do you think they were able to justify their ideals into their own lives, or ended up straying from how they perceived a life should be lead? Nobody is perfect, period. Socrates never said his vision was right, or that anyone was wrong. You, my friend, are wrong.

You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already. In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth. Buddhism 96% Satanism 71% Paganism 67% Hinduism 63% agnosticism 54% Christianity 42% atheism 38% Judaism 33% Islam 21% I wasn't too surprised, actually. I look at it in the more philosophical sense than the religious context, though. I've pretty much always had these ideas about life.

Actually, Socrates believed one would have to be ignorant in many ways to truly become wise. To him, one has to be ignorant in respect to life's answers to become wise, in knowing that he or she will never obtain the answers during their life.

This statement doesn't have any correlation with one another. To be smart is to be "Characterized by sharp quick thought; bright." To become wise is in, "Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious: a wise leader." School curriculum? To be smart. Answers (or lack thereof) to life? To be wise. It was also said that one would not become wise until the age of 58, due to lessons in life not being able to be comprehendable to a higher degree until a later age. Many people in the world are smart, but just because they absorb text upon text and invent their own ideas on something (which may not particularly be true) does not justify their wisdom. To be wise is to question life, in it's entirety, and make of it what you wish. There are many views of how to depict life, due to many different philosophers (Socratic, Sophist, Nietzschian, Aristotlian, etc.) which all have their own adaptation on how they look at life and not necessarily what they would oppress on others. A primary source of philosophy is that of Buddha, which many practice as a religion. Upon reading the text, though, one will find that they are just thoughts of a wise person, all-knowing, yet not knowing at all. I believe many philosophers would agree with your second statement sseli. Although there are many views on life, that doesn't mean that they lay over top of each other and there aren't a conglomoration of ideas in our minds when we view life, some are just more extreme. To me, both of those statements are very much so valid, and it's not until someone truly looks at their life and questions everything around them that they will find something as beautiful as that. In doing this, it's just a small stepping stone in finding oneself.