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The
Ancient Greek aphorism "Know yourself" (
Greek:
γνῶθι σεαυτόν or
gnothi seauton, or
σαυτόν with the ε contracted) was inscribed in the pronaos (forecourt) of the
Temple of Apollo at Delphi - according to the Greek periegetic (travelogue) writer
Pausanias (10.24.1).
The aphorism has been attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages:
The saying "Know thyself" may refer by extension to the ideal of understanding human behavior, morals, and thought, because ultimately to understand oneself is to understand other humans as well. However, the ancient Greek philosophers thought that no man can ever comprehend the human spirit and thought thoroughly, so it would have been almost inconceivable to know oneself fully. Therefore, the saying may refer to a less ambitious ideal, such as knowing one's own habits, morals, temperament, ability to control anger, and other aspects of human behavior that we struggle with on a daily basis.
In
Latin, the aphorism is generally given as
nosce te ipsum.
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