Know thyself
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title:
Know thyself
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"Know thyself" is a philosophical maxim which was inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek precinct of Delphi. The best-known of the Delphic maxims, it has been quoted and analyzed by numerous authors throughout history, and has been applied in many ways. Although traditionally attributed to the Seven Sages of Greece, or to the god Apollo himself, the inscription likely had its origin in a popular proverb. Ion of Chios makes the earliest explicit allusion to the maxim in a fragme
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Ancient Greek maxim
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself
date created:
2005-03-20T19:51:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:33:20Z
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