2006-09-12 20:53:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It means to take a look at yourself, both as others may see you and as you so intimately know yourself, and take into consideration your talents and gifts as well as your shortcomings. It means to know what areas you need to improve upon as well as what areas you should not ignore.
It is just a way of telling a person he should be aware of who he is, where he came from, and where he is going.
2006-09-12 20:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by lorgurus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” -Shakespeare-Hamlet ...
The quote suggests that we should examine ourselves and come to grips with truths about ourselves. It is often easier to "know" or examine others than to critically examine ourselves.
But if we do, we must "be true" to what we find.
The worse person in the world to lie to is yourself.
2006-09-13 05:22:51 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce Frazier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's actually two words. I believe it means to understand your own mind. Your compulsions, your own idiosyncrasies, your own biases. This was said by an anthropologist by the name of I don't remember, but means to understand who you are and your cultural biases in order to objectively examine another culture.
2006-09-13 15:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know your body, mind, ability, weakness, relationship with people around thus understand yourself is not something exists independently but, in relation to somany other factors and also understand your reactive pattern to external stimuli.
2006-09-13 04:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by r_govardhanam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing the user and his online persona. And that somewhere, there's a network administrator looking down at all of us.
2006-09-13 07:27:45 · answer #5 · answered by Philip_K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much of peeping around, now sit down quitely and think what you are.
2006-09-13 08:26:37 · answer #6 · answered by No Saint 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means the third party has been authorised to use their brain to know themselves
2006-09-13 04:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by tariq k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kinda like ":to thine own self, be true', only different.
2006-09-13 03:56:50 · answer #8 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means ... know yourself..!
2006-09-13 04:02:46 · answer #9 · answered by rocker_girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋