Philosophical Self-Knowledge
Verene, Donald Phillip![Philosophical Self-Knowledge](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/456/45670589/CHSBZCOP0345670589.jpg)
The inscription on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Gnothi seauton (Know thyself), is taken up by Socrates and pursued as the center of philosophy. Self-knowledge is the theme that endures throughout the history of philosophy. It is a theme that philosophy shares with literature. We know ourselves to be human, but the question remains as to what it means to be human. What we are is a metaphysical and ethical problem. Satire shows us how others ...