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> The advice to “know thyself” is ancient, carved on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi Not an expert but I'm a bit annoyed when this comes up. In ancient morals,
by p0nce 8y ago
> The advice to “know thyself” is ancient, carved on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Not an expert but I'm a bit annoyed when this comes up.
In ancient morals, the injonction to Γνῶθι σεαυτόν was likely to be understood in terms as "know your position, you are not a god (even if favoured by the fortune)".
It may well be a sentence against "hubris", with little relationship with the particular interpretation Socrate had of this sentence in Delphi.
- qntty 8y agoAccording to who?
- p0nce 8y agoI read a book on this topic but forgot the exact reference. Not all books agreed on this when I tried finding it back.
- ImprovedSilence 8y agoYour understanding could be correct, but I've heard of others as well. I had heard/understood for it to be quite the opposite, based on speculation that the greek saying is likely taken from an Egyptian inscription "know thyself, and you will know the gods" aka the body is the temple of god. I believe Socrates expanded the statement to mean "the unexamined life is not worth living". all my sources are this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself