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is perhaps God's instruction to "Cease to concern yourself! to "Become objective'.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.--What was that god thinking who counseled, Know thyself! Did he perhaps mean,Cease to concern yourself! Become objective!--And Socrates'--And scientific men'

is the idea that it is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.

It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exist only for him. Maimonides

is an instruction to "separate oneself from the other."

The phrase 'know yourself' means: separate yourself from the other.

is a phase whereby the 'self' is meant to refer to a conscience far below the ego with its anxieties of self-interest, far below all social and cultural conditioning, in short the spiritual self.

The motto of Delphi was 'Know thyself,' which suggests that the self intended was a conscience far below the ego with its anxieties of self-'interest, far below all social and cultural conditioning, in short the spiritual self.

is a farce. Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves. Oscar Wilde

is written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world should be written "be thyself!"

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written. Oscar Wilde

is the best defense against who they think you are.

Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are.

is a maxim as pernicious as it ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

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