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Delphi - Sanctuary of Apollo & Oracle

Know Thyself — Γνῶθι Σεαυτόν

The maxim that launched Western philosophy

6th century BCE (Seven Sages) through classical periodDelphi - Sanctuary of Apollo & Oracle

Picture this: it's the 6th century BCE, ancient Greece. You've walked for days to reach Delphi — the most sacred place in the Greek world. Here stands the temple of Apollo, god of light and prophecy. Inside sits a priestess called the Pythia, believed to speak with the voice of the god himself. You've come with a question that could change your life. But before you step through the entrance, you look up — and there, carved into the stone, are two words: Γνῶθι Σεαυτόν — "Know Thyself."

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Self-knowledge is the foundation of all wisdom. Before you can understand the world, you must understand yourself.

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The Seven Sages
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Socrates
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Apollo
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Thales
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Solon
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Chilon

Источник

Plato's Dialogues (Protagoras, Charmides, Phaedrus), Pausanias's Description of Greece, Diogenes Laertius's Lives of Eminent Philosophers

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