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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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
Мораль истории
“Self-knowledge is the foundation of all wisdom. Before you can understand the world, you must understand yourself.”
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The Seven SagesS
SocratesA
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ThalesS
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Plato's Dialogues (Protagoras, Charmides, Phaedrus), Pausanias's Description of Greece, Diogenes Laertius's Lives of Eminent Philosophers