The Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself" (Greek: γνώθι σεαυτόν or gnothi seauton) was inscribed in golden letters at the lintel of the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

The phrase has been attributed to at least five ancient Greek sages:

• Chilon of Sparta
• Thales of Miletus
• Socrates
• Pythagoras
• Solon of Athens

Other sources attribute it to Phemonoe, a mythical Greek poetess. According to Juvenal, the precept descended from heaven.

In Latin the phrase is generally given as nosce te ipsum. An alternative Latin rendering, Temet Nosce, appears inscribed above the entrance to the Oracle's kitchen in the motion picture The Matrix.

In Russian, the phrase is poznai sebia.

See also

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• Self-knowledge
• Self (philosophy)
• Self-realization

External links

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• Know Thyself by gvs

• Poem Know Thyself by Alexander Pope
• Poem Gnothi Seauton by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spirituality

Gnothi seauton | Gnothi seauton | Conosci te stesso | Gnothi seauton