Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos » Know Thyself http://www.contrariwise.org Tattoos from books, poetry, music, and other sources. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 know thyself http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/02/01/know-thyself/ http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/02/01/know-thyself/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:00:02 +0000 Jen http://www.contrariwise.org/?p=1245

This is Emily’s tattoo of the Ancient Greek aphorism “Know Thyself” (nosce te ipsum):

It means that to know and understand yourself if to be able to understand others. It also can be very literal in that it is just important to know who you are inside and out. I learned about this in my political philosophy class in college… I read Plato’s Republic and my professor gave a lecture on the quote “know thyself” and I loved it!

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