Irony

'Irony has two stages', says Pessoa's heteronym, Bernardo Soares, 'the one exemplified by Socrates when he says, "I only know that I know nothing", and the other exemplified by Sanchez when he says, "I do not even know that I know nothing"'.

That's our condition, W. says. We have no idea what we know or do not know. Or even that we do know or do not know: we have no idea of that, either. Do we know anything at all? Have we any idea of anything?