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What Socrates' 'know nothing' wisdom can teach a polarized America

  • Written by J. W. Traphagan, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
What Socrates' 'know nothing' wisdom can teach a polarized AmericaThe most important part of knowledge, in Socrates' view? Knowing how much you don't know.Yoeml/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists of what should be fixed: the complexity of the tax code, or immigration reform, or the inefficiency...

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