There is nothing new under the sun...and humans have not changed. The Bible, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates all confirm that.
I thought it was cool he thought that we were born knowing everything and forgot over our lifetime. Kind of explains why we get dementia. It is good you raise us out of the banal. "in the guise of Socrates"? Was Plato Socrates?
True and another quote is true," Much knowledge brings great sorrow ". Seems the more I studied the more mysterious things got.