WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Presumably, it means to know, first and foremost, one’s own character and it is important because only by knowing one’s character can one be aware of one’s limitations and avoid likening oneself to the gods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quote by Socrates: “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The meaning of the phrase is discussed in Plato’s Protagoras dialogue, where Socrates lauds the authors of pithy and concise sayings, giving “the far-famed inscriptions, which are in all men’s mouths-’Know thyself’, and ‘Nothing too much’".

Detailed explanation-4: -When Socrates, an Athenian moral philosopher, cautioned “man know thyself” most scholars were inclined to have construed it from a banal perspective.