I think Socrates is only known from Plato's writing and possibly a rhethorical device. I'm only interested in the origin and meaning of the sokratic paradox an

I think Socrates is only known from Plato's writing and possibly a rhethorical device. I'm only interested in the origin and meaning of the sokratic paradox and am hopeful that it has a prehistory. Did you know that οὐκ, which may be translated as "not", is composed of (un-) + ever + what (a pattern also seen in Maltesen for negation), so one of the associated quotes could be read as "I know ever-what knowing". English and German wikipedia present this slightly differently, it is confusing. See wiktionary yourself for the alleged etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BF%E1%BD%90%CE%BA https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BF%E1%BD%90%CE%BA