If you know the author , what is the source?
2006-09-27 03:29:15 · 4 answers · asked by Banana Esq 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i found two......neither say exactly what you asked, but the closest i could find....
“Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2006-09-27 12:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ortega y Gasset. I don't know if he said it with those exact words though, and also you may be talking about somebody else that also said something similar.
It sounds logical. Unless you are a genius, you'll lear your role in life and the particularities of being a human being through the knowledge of others.
2006-09-27 11:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by OrtegaFollower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My next door neighbor Jesus Hernandez the source Bacardi Rum.
2006-09-27 10:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by prizelady88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"To know others is to be wise, to know yourself is to be enlightened"
-Lao Tzu
2006-09-27 10:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋