Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas350 | J. Eric Oliver on the Self and How to Know It

What ‘Know thyself’ really meant

28:50–29:38 · 48s

Oliver reframes the Greek maxim: ancients lacked our modern ‘self’ concept—‘Know thyself’ meant ‘know thy place’ within strict cultural roles.

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