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After viewing, the importance of ignorance in wisdom from Socrates ideas, He states that “the only true wisdom is in knowing nothing”. Meaning since we don’t know the answer and there is no definite truth. Not knowing what the direct answer is can be valuable, which will lead us to keep exploring and thinking about possible answers verses sticking to your own dogma, without taking others views in to consideration. Even thought he states that essentially having an open minded and have a feeling of uncertainty with no established truths, a person is more ignorant and wiser than an individual who may think they know everything. When viewing both Rand and Russell views about wisdom, I believe that Socrates views are similar to Russell. Since

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