KNOW THYSELF AND MEANING OF LIFE

Gnōthi sauton - ‘Know Thyself’ - is written on the wall of Apollo’s temple at Delphi, and those who seek Apollo’s guidance should first know themselves before they could seek guidance to their actual situations. For Socrates, and for most philosophers after him, ‘the unexamined life is not worth the...

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Main Author: Nandhikkara, Jose (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2012
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2012, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-6
Further subjects:B Dignity
B Know Thyself
B Being Human: Explorations
B the world is our world
B principles of managing oneself
B the unexamined life is not worth the living
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