self examination, n.Definitions

Self-examination (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an inner spectacle one can come to dread; the righteous man in misfortune is sustained by having no cause to be ashamed before himself.

Self-examination (n.) measured ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠progress toward self-mastery among the Stoics; in Christianity its aim was not to close the self upon itself but to open the soul's depths entirely to a director.