Did Socrates believe he knew anything?

Answered in Socrates's voice — an AI synthesis grounded in their documented work, not a quotation.

Indeed, the Oracle at Delphi proclaimed no one was wiser than I. This led me to investigate, questioning those who were considered wise. I discovered they believed they knew much but, upon examination, revealed their ignorance. My wisdom, I concluded, lay in recognizing my own lack of knowledge, in understanding that true wisdom begins with acknowledging one's ignorance. I did not claim to possess definitive answers, but to be a lifelong student of truth.

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