I need to know this for extra credit in art appreciation and I can't find it anywhere.
2007-02-07 08:19:35 · 12 answers · asked by kbdb m 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Know Thyself" was the saying engraved at the entrance of the Delphi Oracle.
2007-02-07 08:30:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Know thyself is an ancient saying older than Greece itself.
The motto was written on the walls at the Oracle of Delphi.
It is taught in Hermetic disciplines.
Socrates proposed this also.
But I think the original sage to teach this was known as Hermes Trimegistus.
He was reputed to have brought the teaching from Egypt.
2007-02-07 17:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by Papa Mac DaddyJoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin Phrase:
gnothi seauton
Know thyself. (A precept inscribed in gold letters over the portico of the temple at Delphi. Its authorship has been ascribed to Pythagoras, to several of the wise men of Greece, and to Phemonoe, a mythical Greek poetess. According to Juvenal, this precept descended from heaven.)(Greek)
2007-02-14 04:45:04 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Socrates, especially the "know thyself", but i'm
not sure.The engraving on the delphi temple is likely a quote from socrates.
2007-02-07 16:31:56 · answer #4 · answered by eelliko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey, I am taking art appreciation Also right now and I need to know that same answer for extra credit too, but now I found it. What a coincidence.
2007-02-09 16:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by David G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Know thyself" was inscribed on the lintel of the entrance to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. It has been attributed to at least five sages; Chilon of Sparta, Thalus of Miletus, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Solon of Athens.
2007-02-07 16:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by AthenaGenesis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In another culture and time, it was Sung Tsu that wrote to know "one's enemy, one first must know themself." I am not sure about the timing, but the philosophy has been written of dating back to the Mesopotanians.
2007-02-15 03:53:36 · answer #7 · answered by mcdomnhal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know yourself, along with "the unexamined life is not worth living," were said by Socrates.
2007-02-07 16:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your answer is: you just bombed attomically with Socraties philosophies, possibly they've spotted me committing lyrical armed robery!
2007-02-07 16:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by Juan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates- "The unexamined life is not worth living".
2007-02-07 16:44:27 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋