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depends in large part on re-understanding what it means to ask for the human being. In
Socrates' Defense, the irony asks: "Who is knowledgeable about such virtue, of the human being
and of the citizen?" (p.20b). For Socrates, if someone wants to know that one number is greater
than another, the calculation is used, or if someone wants to know that this object is heavier
than the other, the weight is used. However, how to know what the human being is if, in this
order of things, there is place for deception and chaos, as verified by Socrates through the
maieutic. For Socrates, as for Kierkegaard, there are aspects in the human being where people
do not have an exact definition of what they really want and, therefore, incognito aspects. For
the Danish thinker, especially, this phenomenon involves the discovery of subjectivity as an
objective uncertainty. In current times, situations such as: the infinity and indecision of the
consumer life, the sudden changes in traditions, the apocalyptic tensions over the end of the
world or the strong awareness of political deception, make, more than ever, the human being
an objective uncertainty. Therefore, the Socratic irony, as the art of denying what is affirmed, is
the essential way to face the imminent aporia of the contemporary world.