The Temple of Apollo

Apr 22, 2016 10:41

In ancient Greece, inscribed over the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi were two injunctions: "Know thyself" along with "Not too much!" Everyone knows the first one, but, sadly, I think the second one has been obscured in ignorance for just about everyone, except perhaps classical scholars, and it really is key.

[Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy"]

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