Instagram. Instagram. Know thyself. Artist's impression of original text inscribed in Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Photo of the Stone of 12 Angles, Cusco, Peru. A stained glass window in a public building in Ludwigshafen, Germany with the contracted version γνῶθι σαυτόν. The maxim, or aphorism, "know thyself" has had a variety of meanings attributed to it in literature. The Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia of Greek knowledge, says: "the proverb is applied to those whose boasts exceed what they are",[2] and that "know thyself" is a warning to pay no attention to the opinion of the multitude.[3] In Latin, the aphorism is generally given as nosce te ipsum[4] or temet nosce.[5] Attribution[edit] The aphorism has been attributed to at least the following ancient Greek sages: Diogenes Laërtius attributes it to Thales (Lives I.40), but also notes that Antisthenes in his Successions of Philosophers attributes it to Phemonoe, a mythical Greek poetess, though admitting that it was appropriated by Chilon.
Usage[edit] By Plato[edit] Who Are You.....Really? KNOW THYSELF ·٠•● Know Thyself" The Matrix. Matrix - knowing the path and walking the path. 3) Knowing Or Walking The Path? 2) Believing Is Obeying. 5) WAKE UP!