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CHAPTER 9
AUTOGNOSIS
Know thyself 2.0
The beginning of philosophy is to know the condition of your own mind.
Epictetus
“Know thyself” was famously inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and seen by Socrates’ friend Caepheron on a visit there to enquire as to whether Socrates was the wisest of men. Socrates himself tells the story at his trial, and Plato’s Apology represents one of the greatest acts of self-knowing in the history of literature. (more…)
