New Delhi, May 1 -- Socrates was an Athenian philosopher who lived from roughly 469 to 399 BCE and became one of the foundational figures of Western philosophy, despite leaving behind no writings of his own.

His often-quoted words of wisdom - "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing" - are a widely attributed paraphrase of Socrates' devoted student and follower, Plato's Apology, which emphasises the philosopher's intellectual humility.

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing" - Socrates

While this exact modern wording does not appear verbatim in Plato's works, scholars and reference works generally treat it as a later paraphrase of Socrates' stance in the Apology, where he says, "I neither know nor think that I know", and wh...