Who made this statement: "Know thy self"?

Question

Who made this statement: "Know thy self"?

Answer 1

The Ancient Greek aphorism "Know yourself" was inscribed in the pronaos (forecourt) of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi - according to the Greek periegetic (travelogue) writer Pausanias (10.24.1).

The aphorism has been attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages:

Heraclitus

Chilon of Sparta (Chilon I 63, 25)

Thales of Miletus

Socrates

Pythagoras

Solon of Athens

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"Know Thyself "

A central component of the philosophy of Socrates

(469?-399 B.C.)



Know then thyself, presume not God to scan:

The proper study of mankind is man.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Essay on Man, (1733)

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Answer 2

If the person who answered first had read the article it says:

The aphorism has been attributed to at least six ancient Greek sages:

Heraclitus

Chilon of Sparta (Chilon I 63, 25)

Thales of Miletus

Socrates

Pythagoras

Solon of Athens

Answer 3

Pausanias

Answer 4

The Ancient Greek aphorism "Know yourself" was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi - according to the Greek writer Pausanias.