Hvem gik til oracle i delphi for at finde ud af, hvem der var den klogeste mand i verden?
Sokrates
List of oracular statements from Delphi
Omkring 440 f.Kr. skulle Oraklet også have sagt, at der ikke var nogen klogere end Sokrates, hvilket Sokrates svarede, at enten var alle lige uvidende, eller at han var klogere, fordi han var den eneste, der var klar over sin egen uvidenhed ("hvad jeg ikke ved, tror jeg ikke, jeg ved"). Denne påstand er relateret til et af de mest berømte mottoer fra Delfi, som Sokrates sagde, at han lærte der, Gnothi Seauton (γνῶθι σεαυτόν): "kend dig selv!". Et andet berømt motto fra Delfi er Meden agan (μηδὲν ἄγαν): "intet i overmål" (bogstaveligt talt "intet i overmål").  Sokrates var måske kun omkring 30 år gammel på det tidspunkt, hans berømmelse som filosof var endnu ikke kommet.
Socrates
List of oracular statements from Delphi
Circa 440 BC the Oracle is also said to have said that there was no one wiser than Socrates, to which Socrates said that either all were equally ignorant, or that he was wiser in that he alone was aware of his own ignorance ("what I do not know I do not think I know"). This claim is related to one of the most famous mottos of Delphi, which Socrates said he learned there, Gnothi Seauton (γνῶθι σεαυτόν): "know thyself!". Another famous motto of Delphi is Meden agan (μηδὲν ἄγαν): "nothing in excess" (literally, "nothing excessively").  Socrates was perhaps only about 30 years old at the time, his fame as a philosopher was yet to come.
List of oracular statements from Delphi