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"But I recall that I thought your work was incomplete."

"It was, indeed," he said. "I had a mere lifetime to figure out what I did. Some of my work included incorrect presumptions, but I was able to finish some of the work Dr. Planck and others had started. It's all relative. Some people have used my work to find greater truths, but not all who claim to know greater truths are on the right track. Seek the truth, and you will find more of it. However, you, too, only have a lifetime for your work. I must get back to my studies, so please excuse me."

"Yes sir," I said as I shook his hand! I turned to the salesman. "May I meet Socrates?"

"Of course," he said. He took me down the aisle a bit further to where a man in toga-like garb was debating others. "Sir, this gentleman would like to meet you."

"I don't give autographs, nor do I pose for pictures, young man," he said rather piously.

"That's fine, sir," I assured him. "I wanted to meet you because I believe you are one of the smartest men who ever lived."

"Why would you think that?," he asked.

"Well, you thought our senses were filters of reality, that we should worry more about our souls than about making money, and that justice was not about revenge but about treating people fairly," I answered.

"Do you believe those to be true?," he asked.

"Well, of course," I said.

"And why do you believe those to be true?," he queried.

"Well, when I think about those things, they all make sense to me," I answered. "I have even given up jobs because I felt we were not truly helping others despite saying so. We were really trying to make money at the expense of others, despite that we were telling them what they wanted to hear so they would give us their money."

"I believe that encompasses all three reasons in one succinct answer," he said. "So, if I am one of the smartest people who ever lived, are you not also one of the smartest people who ever lived?"

"I don't think so," I replied. "I have so many questions."

"And between us in this conversation, have you asked more questions than me?," he asked.

"No sir," I said. "You have pretty much only asked me questions this whole conversation, but you have led me to the erroneous conclusion that I am as smart as you despite that I know so little."

"Then have I not proven my point that our mutual wisdom is the recognition that we do not know it all?," he asked.

"Yes, I suppose so," I said.

"Then is it your conclusion that you are as smart as me, or is it your conclusion that I am as stupid as you?,"

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