Socrates said that recognising your own ignorance is the first step towards wisdom.
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Recognising
Synonyms for "recognising" (19 found)
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Tom lost so much weight that one of his friends walked straight past him in the street, without recognising him.
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Then Chloe raised the pipe to her lips and blew with all her strength, and the cows hearing the pipe and recognising the notes began to low and all at once leaped into the sea. As they all plunged from the same side the vessel was overset, the waves closed over it and it sank.
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Imagine waking up one morning and not recognising your own loved ones.
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