#gnothi seauton

[lesewut]

γνῶθι σεαυτόν ("Know thyself!")

Sijakovic, Bogoljub “The Presence of Transendece- Essays on Facing the Other through Holiness, History and Text.” Published 2013 in Los Angeles by Sebastian Press, Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in collaboration with The Institute for Theological Research of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University in Belgrade.

As the title emphasizes, the book deals with "the presence of transcendence", the absence of which is so acutely felt throughout the rest of our world, that often seems disoriented and senseless. In Sijakovic's philosophical-theological conception, history plays a very important role.

As a relatively sceptical person, I often find revealing argumentations in countries of the world, that define history as a part of suffering (in Western Europe history is thought in terms of making -> Historical Achievements), like we can find in the Balkan (14th Chapter: A Critique of Balkanistic Discourse: Constribution to the phenomenology of Balkan "Otherness") . History and the interpretation is a huge and exciting topic, sometimes it is almost forgotten, how long past historical events are still instrumentalized and influencing our live :

"History is the battleground of our existence. It is that dimension of reality that demands our constant attending because it is both an indispensible constituent of our identity and a playground of virtually unlimited possibilities for deciption. Those who are powerful write the narratives that fill our history books. They "explain" to the rest of us all the "whats" and "whys" in history."

With the help of theology and philosophy, it is possible to reconstruct the past instructively. Beside sorting the facts and offering appropriate accounts, we need to know ourselves and our "nature" , to learn how to react and respond adequately, as we have a responsibility on the interpretation, as it can advance to identification. However, the philosophical aspiration to comprehend the "reality" as a whole, is a very ancient idea. Historical science is complex and there is no object of history completely independet from historical knowledge (T. Litt: "The theory of historical knowledge is simultaneously the theory of historical reality, vice versa." Cf. "Geschichtswissenschaften und Geschichtsphilosophie"). Also the concept of history decided what is to be an object of history, which is again determined by the conceptualization of history, especially by the major interpretative concepts, such as "longue durée" (Braudel) ; "episteme" (Foucault) "unsurpassable horizon" (Satre) ; "Paradigm" (Kuhn). There are many other concepts of interpretation of historical "facts" (there is no objective history, it is always about our understanding and explaining), interesting is also the theory of Nietzsche, who uses the perspectivists approach to history in order to stand against both the positivsts ideal of objectivity and the teleological historical constructs of Hegel ("Weltgeist") and Eduard von Hartmann.

Requirements for the Historian are also compared and interlinked with the social power (my recommendation by Popper: "The Open Society"): History of humanity is the history of the political power. And also Foucault connects the narrative of the Historian with the ritual of power, as those terms are congenital for a long time, the history of the mighty is tying people legally to power, the speech of the power that establishes order. "It is the fascination generated by the glory of reknowned people and deeds: The light of law and the radiance of glory are the functional principles of history [Foucault "Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College de France, 1977 - 78]. Both law and glory issue forth from power, and power issues forth from war. Also an important role of historical science is the formation of the identity of a given community, so it cannot be "over-valued" (in the sense of national identity).

So what is true and correct? It is very difficult, as historical knowledge is always a self-knowing and in the historical science, the self-understanding of man is manifested:

"The ends that he follows and the image of himself are discerned by man in the mirror of history. That mirror is held for us, as she calls us to memory and remembrance (Burkard Liebsch "Probeleme einer genealogischen Kritik der Erinnerung: Anmerkungen zu Hegel, Nietzsche und Foucault") , by the muse Clio whose mother is the goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. He who memorizes and remembers- he knows himself."

So it is just logical, that Sijakovic is also highlighting: “The Anthropological meaning of self-knowledge: Toward the Apollonian precept "Know Thyself!"

But also other cornerstones of Sijakovics view are presented, like the confrontation of the human-being in any forms of communication and continuing processing aims at truth and authenticity, which will never end in accomplishment. But maybe in a less aggressive world?

Just a little throw-in, because very informative are also Sijakovics speculations of the “Metaphysics of Light” the theories about “The Paradigmatic and Tautegoric Nature of Poetry”

#literature #book #philosophy #theology #history #interpretation of history #historicity #Balkan #collective remembrance #meaning of history for politics #history and culture #philosophy of history #the philosophy of war and peace #war and peace #self-knowledge #gnothi seauton #wisdom #ancient wisdom #metaphysical studies #Sijakovic #serbian literature

[simplicius-simplicissimus]

Gnothi Seauton

-Inscription upon the Greek Apollo Temple at Delphi meaning „know yourself“.

Meaning: „Know yourself“ means that people should become aware of their capabilities, tendencies and hidden drives. Without this knowledge, people will live under the influence of others and do not even notice it. In self-knowledge people have the chance to gain freedom and overcome their immaturity.

#quotes #zitate #gnothi seauton #delphi #philosophy #philosophie #sokrates #way of life #self awareness #lebensentwurf #lebensart #selbsterkenntnis #know yourself #find yourself #erkenne dich selbst #finde dich selbst #create yourself #erschaffe dich selbst #freedom #freiheit

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Legend has it that two words were inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

"Humankind: A Hopeful History" - Rutger Bregman

#book quotes #humankind #rutger bregman #nonfiction #inscription #forecourt #temple of apollo #delphi #gnothi seauton #know thyself

[aeide-thea]

the problem for me with both witcher s3 and wot s2—well, okay, one of a few problems, but the one i'm singling out at the moment—is that i've just reached a point with SFF where i've largely used up what little patience i ever possessed for the 'young trainee gets frustrated that they're not progressing faster and gets reckless' trope?

like it's not that it's not a plausible way for someone to behave, it totally is! but. i don't know. i need a, like, decade-long break where i just get stories starring middle-aged people who have, probably painfully, learned some damn patience and slow perseverance…

#tvblogging #also honestly #bookblogging #anyway i grudgingly did a google bc it's good to take my own medicine wrt researching at least a little before you hit post #so i might try some of the things that came up #but like. idk. really at some level i just want‚ idk‚ someone to option a tarma and kethry show or sth #Competent Cheerfully Jaded Mercs Have SFF Adventures #…is this my cue to revisit ancient misty lackey in 2023. possibly. god. #but like. i just want more coherent writing and less petulant teens #wot is better than witcher and also has moiraine but like. we're spending too much time with the babs. i want my adult qpr back :( #also obviously all of this is Not Unrelated 2 my personal situation where i've like. aged out of really relating to Youth #but remain pretty deeply alienated by most (cishet‚ reproductive‚ *productive* for that matter) visions of adulthood #so it's like. where are the narratives abt ppl who are out of sync with the expected narratives #but also bc i'm having such a bitch of a time with life i'm very hard to please bc crankiness comes much more easily than pleasure #anyway. unfortunately i got the gnothi seauton bit down but in itself that gets you precisely nowhere #just like. deep in the omphaloskeptic hole. emphasis on skeptic

[eudaemon-m]

you don't have anything in bio because you want to appear mysterious and enigmatic . i don't have anything in bio because i don't know who i am . we are not the same

#gnothi seauton bro #im never writing a bio

[johnscameron]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 1x02 Gnothi Seauton

#terminator: the sarah connor chronicles #tsccedit #sarah connor #john connor #cameron phillips #tscc #original

[loisfreakinglane]

Lena Headey and Summer Glau in TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES // 1.02 “Gnothi Seauton”

#tsccedit #tscc #terminator: the sarah connor chronicles #lena headey #summer glau #sarah connor #cameron phillips #cameron x sarah #tvedit #tvgifs #mygraphics #gif

[tranquil-slaughterhouse]

Yas! Slay queen! When will your fave ever? Spill the tea! Wig! Sashay! Wig! Fancam! In my head rent free! Serve cunt! Work bitch! Rizz! Mid! Unalive! Gnothi Seauton! Clown!

#goodnight

[devourmevoid]

when the soul sees himself in it [mirror], it becomes spirit itself. then the man knows the divine and is known by it. shadow abandoned. what was the word of the philosophers? gnothi seauton

[rooftoptag]

what do you think are the best and worst episodes of season 1?

I actually think this is harder for s1 bc it doesn't have episodes that are end to end bangers in the same way s2 does?

I find Heavy Metal extremely dull. Buuut... I think Gnothi Seauton edges it out with lower lows. It just balances itself by having a couple scenes that I do find compelling.

Best episode... HM. The Demon Hand. The Turk has a lot of favorite moments, but the show is still just finding its footing. What He Beheld has some of the absolute best moments, but the Sarkissian stuff isn't my favorite? And it doesn't have the highs as the rest, but I do find Dungeons and Dragons fun throughout.

#liv tag #tv: no fate but what we make #idk what to tag all of these #liv's endless tscc question hour

[epifizz]

Kendime Notlar

Antik Yunan Tragedyasının birkaç değerli kavram:

Hamartia: Kişinin onu üstün kılan ve olumsal bir şekilde onu tanımlayan özelliklerin gölgesi. Erdemlerin kendisinin bizzat taşımakta olduğu kötülük potansiyeli.

Peripeteia: Kahramanın kendini gerçekleştirme yolculuğunda bahtının tersine dönmek suretiyle kırılma noktasına geldiği an. Genellikle anagnorisis ile denk düşer.

Anagnorisis: Eski “gnothi seauton”(kendini bil) öğretisinin kahramanda vuku bulmasıdır. Kahraman kendi sınırlarını, güçlerini ve potansiyellerinin tüm boyutlarının farkındalığına erer.

#epfz

[doriangray1789]

NULLİUS IN VERBA “kimsenin sözüne bağlı olmadan” anlamında ingiltere'de royal academy'nin kuruluşunda imzalanan belgede dikkat çeken söz öbeği. bu belgeyi imzalayan kral, bilimdeki ilerlemelerin rahat yapılabilmesi için royal academy üyelerine gayet cömert bir öncelik tanımış, bu sayede avrupa'daki bilimin kilise baskısı yüzünden geri kalmasını kısmen de olsa engellemiştir. ancak bu önerme o kadar ucu açık bir önermedir ki, kral dahil olmak üzere bu kurumun üyelerinin söylediklerini kullanarak yaptırım uygulayamamaktadır. Bu royal society mottosu. 17. yy ortalarındaki bilimsel yaklaşımın temelini oluşturan bu deyişin anlamı; kimsenin sözüne bağlı kalma, otoriteyi sorgula. konuya deneysel açıdan yaklaş ve doğruluğunu kendin gör. hiç kimse sorgulanamaz değildir…"Nosce Te İpsum"​ yani "Kendini Bil" Delphi'de Apollon tapınağının başında latince altın harflerle "Nosce Te İpsum" yani "Kendini Bil" yazılıydı.Yunanca "Gnothi Seauton",Matrix ve felsefe kitabındaki karşılığıyla "Temet Nosce".

[aeide-thea]

every time an article of men's clothing is a little ill-fitted on me and there's an almost-identical women's version i wonder if i ought to just suck it up and get that instead—and that voice is the devil* talking

because (a) the ways it would 'fit me better' are also the ways it would be depressingly distractingly feminizing, like, that non-adherence to my actual form is doing important gender-affirming work for me! and (b) even if it looks like a plausibly androgynous garment on the female model, it always turns out to be noticeably not-actually-androgynous once i get it on—a scoopier neckline is the most common culprit but there's always something >:(

⸻ * disclaimer that i don't believe in the devil and i do generally want to avoid casually regurgitating christian turns of phrase but. you know. joci causa.

#context here is that i got a shirt on steep discount that is perfect in basically all ways except 4 length due 2 my being very short 4 a guy #i was SUCH an average girl height... 😔 that said women's clothing didn't fit my shoulders so like. problems either way really #anyway this post is just talking myself out of false nostalgia really #the grass is not greener on the other side!! it never was or will be!! #plan: we'll see if it shrinks in the wash/dryer and if it doesn't i do actually think it's livable‚ i'll probs just tuck it in anyway #slash i could always hem it if it really bugs me‚ i HAVE ever done that by hand and i did a good lasting job of it actually. #and yeah i AM patting myself on the back about that‚ who else is gonna talk me up in this beautiful bitch of a world if not me. #(very alternatively i could actually (re)learn 2 use the sewing machine that's here but like. is that likely.) #(gnothi seauton etc.) #journaling #sartorial #mundanities #what is gender we just don't know

[voicesofmusic]

The text is in Latin : (panel on the left) 'Democritus Abderites deridebat, Heraclites Ephesius deflebat, Epichthonnis Cosmopolites deformabat' / 'Democritus of Abdera laughed at it' [the world], 'Heraclitus of Ephesus wept over it', 'Epichtonius Cosmopolites portrayed it'; (above the cap) 'Nosce te ipsum' / 'Know thyself' (from the Greek dictum 'gnothi seauton' reputedly inscribed on the temple of Apollo at Delphi);  

Across the cap’s brow: 'O caput ellebore dignum' / 'O head, worthy of a dose of hellebore' (a poisonous plant).

On the cap's ears: 'Auriculas asini quis non habet' /'Who does not have donkey's ears?', a phrase ascribed to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, a Roman stoic philosopher from the 1st century AD. 

The Latin quote immediately above the map is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' (bk. 2 ch. 72) 'Hic est mundi punctus et materia gloriae nostrae, hic sedes, hic honores gerimus, hic exercemus imperia, hic opes cupimus, hic tumultuatur humanum genus, hic instauramus bella, etiam civica.' / 'For in the whole universe the Earth is nothing else and this is the substance of our glory, this is its habitation, here it is that we fill positions of power and covet wealth, and throw mankind into an uproar, and launch wars, even civil ones.'

Below the map is the reason for this, taken from Ecclesiastes, 1.15: Stultorum infinitus est et numerus' / 'The number of fools is infinite' (7).

 Another quote from Ecclesiastes (1.2) is shown as engraved in the cup at the top of the jester's staff on the right: 'Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas' / 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity'. 

The badges on the decorative belt crossing the figure's shoulder on the left read: 'O curas hominum, O quantum est in rebus inane' / 'Oh, the worries of the world; oh, how much triviality is there in the world', which is the opening of the 'Satires' of Aulus Persius Flaccus’ Satires; 'Stultus factus est omnis homo' / 'All men are without sense' (Jer. 10.14) and 'Universa vanitas omnis homo' / 'All things are vanity, by every man living' (Psalm 39.6). 

There is an allusive reference to this map in Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).

Fool's World Map: 'Stultorum infinitus est numerus'. Recto. G201:1/43

#National Maritime Museum Greenwich London #fool cap #barroco #baroque

[spynorth]

lucas (if you count the eight cupolas on his back as eight separate tattoos) has 18 tattoos. i’m listing them under the cut because i guess its something that can always be handy to know. they all have meaning. you can either look it up yourself or have your muse ask though some are open to interpretation and change to fit my portrayal. i’m sticking to just what and where in this post because he wouldn’t be that open about stuff so unless your muse would know the way they can tie into prisons etc ... they dont know.  it’s the mystery, it’s the allure

*keep in mind that most are hidden by clothes. they would have to see him shirtless for many of these though the band and chain is readily available with pushed up sleeves, as well are the wrist tattoos.

1) The ancient of days on his chest

2) Dum Spiro Spero (while i breathe, i hope) along the back of his neck

3) a ship on his right arm.

4) eight cupolas (commonly used to represent finished prison sentences. each year of the sentence gets one cupola)

5) Я ничего не вижу, ничего не слышу, ничего не знаю и ничего никому не скажу on his inner left arm. Can be translated as “I don’t see anything, hear anything, know anything and won’t say anything

6) MИP on his lower back right above the waistband of his trousers. in relation to russian prison tattoos, it refers to  меня исправит расстрел, or execution by firing squad will fix me . I’ve got nothing and i’m lazy so I’m not recapping.

7) Gnothi Seauton. Know Thyself.

8) star on his left shoulder. it has eight points, which can (like the cupolas) be tied to the fact he served eight years imprisoned

9) illegible tattoo on inside of his right wrist. 

10) band w/ chain on his right forearm.

11) quincunx on his left wrist. 

#this isn't a headcanon #this a throw canon onto my blog thing #since i didn't go into details about any of them but #i mean the mans got a lot of tattoos okay. #if your muse is gonna hang out with him - they are gonna see him. #but i guess since its important #* headcanon. betrayal is a cancer. let it eat your soul. not mine.

[johnscameron]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 1x02 Gnothi Seauton

#terminator: the sarah connor chronicles #tsccedit #cameron phillips #sarah connor #tscc #original