Inscribed on the top of the Delphic Temple is one of the most central precepts of Hellenic Philosophy which reads: “Know Thyself”.
The ancient sages chose this phrase from thousands of other wise sayings because self-knowledge is at once the key and the prerequisite for attaining wisdom, success and happiness, and above all, for achieving the Eu Zein, the good life. Nothing else can be truly learned unless we first get to know who we really are.