Chilon of Sparta
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| - | The [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] [[aphorism]] '''"Know thyself"''' (gnōthi seauton) was inscribed in the pronaos (forecourt) of the [[Temple of Apollo (Delphi)|Temple of Apollo at Delphi]] - according to the Greek periegetic (travelogue) writer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] (10.24.1). | + | '''Chilon of Sparta''' ([[Floruit|fl.]] 6th century BC) was a [[Lacedaemon]]ian and one of the [[Seven Sages of Greece]]. |
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| - | The aphorism has been attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages: | + | |
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| - | * [[Chilon of Sparta]] (Chilon I 63, 25) | + | |
| - | * [[Heraclitus]] | + | |
| - | * [[Pythagoras]] | + | |
| - | * [[Socrates]] | + | |
| - | * [[Solon]] of Athens | + | |
| - | * [[Thales of Miletus]] | + | |
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| - | Diogenes Laertius attributes it to Thales (Lives I.40), but also notes that Antisthenes in his ''Successions of Philosophers'' attributes it to [[Phemonoe]], a mythical Greek poetess, though admitting that it was appropriated by Chilon. In a discussion of moderation and self-awareness, the Roman poet [[Juvenal]] quotes the phrase in Greek and states that the precept descended ''de caelo'' (from heaven) ([[Satires of Juvenal#Satire XI: Dinner and a Moral|Satire]] 11.27). | + | |
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| - | The authenticity of all such attributions has been doubted; according to one pair of modern scholars, "The actual authorship of the three maxims set up on the Delphian temple may be left uncertain. Most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages." (H. Parke and D. Wormell, ''The Delphic Oracle'', (Basil Blackwell, 1956), vol. 1, p. 389.) | + | |
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| - | In [[Latin]], the aphorism is generally given as ''nosce te ipsum''. The Latin version of the aphorism is written on a plaque above the Oracle's door in the [[Matrix (series)|Matrix film series]], where it is rendered in a non-traditional Latin; that is to say '''temet nosce''' ("thine own self thou must know"). | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Introspection]] | + | |
| - | * [[Self-knowledge (psychology)|Self-knowledge]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ho'oponopono]] (Self-Identity) | + | |
| - | * [[Self (philosophy)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jnana]] | + | |
| - | * [[Scio nescio]] | + | |
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Chilon of Sparta (fl. 6th century BC) was a Lacedaemonian and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
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