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Socrates: If you want to know the world, you must first "know yourself"

There is a proverb in the ancient Greek Temple of Delphi: "Know yourself and do not overdo everything." This sentence is very shocking and deeply affected me.

Languages that could be written on the Temple of the Oracle of Delphi were all considered the voices of the gods at the time. For about 1100 years, it was one of the most mysterious places in the Western world.

Socrates: If you want to know the world, you must first "know yourself"

Socrates, the greatest philosophy of ancient Greece, also believed that we came into this world timidly, and ignorance was the only thing we had. He said, "I only know one thing, and that is that I don't know anything. "So we have to start from ignorance to know the world, to know ourselves.

"Know yourself!" This is the most precious gift that Socrates has left to our descendants, and it is also the most profound sentence that enlightens me.

Socrates: If you want to know the world, you must first "know yourself"

Only by knowing yourself, knowing your own interests and hobbies, knowing your own abilities, understanding your pursuit of dreams, knowing how many pounds you have, and reading your own state of mind and desire, can a person not be arrogant and self-effacing, nor self-abandonment, can he better live in this world.

Socrates: If you want to know the world, you must first "know yourself"

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