Know thyself
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The Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself" (Greek: ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ or gnothi seauton) was inscribed in golden letters at the lintel of the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
The phrase has been attributed to at least five ancient Greek sages:
- Chilon of Sparta
- Thales of Miletus
- Socrates
- Pythagoras
- Solon of Athens
Other sources attribute it to Phemonoe, a mythical Greek poetess. According to Juvenal, the precept descended from heaven.
In Latin the phrase is generally given as nosce te ipsum. An alternative Latin rendering, temet nosce, appears inscribed above the entrance to the Oracle's kitchen in the motion picture The Matrix.
See also
External links
- Gnosticweb Free Online Course - "Searching Within"
- Epigraph
- Know thyself
- Self-knowledge
- Poem Know Thyself by Alexander Pope
- Poem Gnothi Seauton by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Be Your Own Therapist by Lama Thubten Yeshe
