How 'Finding Yourself' Replaced Knowing God

<![CDATA[“Know thyself.” The words greeted every seeker who approached the Oracle of Delphi as both a warning and an admonition. The wise understood what they were truly saying; the foolish did not. Those who came in pride or ignorance found that the Oracle’s answers often turned to riddles and curses. Self-knowledge, after all, was the first safeguard against self-destruction. The Greeks meant the phrase as a reminder of limits, that wisdom begins in humility. Socrates built his philosophy on that truth: to know oneself was to recognize one’s ignorance, to understand that man is not a god.]]>