Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Know Thyself
Latin translation:
Nosce te ipsum
May 30, 2002 16:53
22 yrs ago
English term
Danielle L Hooks
Know Thyself
Non-PRO
English to Latin
Art/Literary
It was in a movie I saw once and I didn't catch what the actual words were in Latin and now I can't find the movie anywhere.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 | nosce te ipsum |
jt1576
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| 4 +1 | Cognosce te ipsum |
Francesco D'Alessandro
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| 5 | Original Greek: "gnothi sauton." |
David Wigtil
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Proposed translations
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nosce te ipsum
Nosce te ipsum
I believe this is a better translation since nosco means, to know. Plus if you look in the movie, The Matrix, when Neo goes and visits the Oracle, a wooden sign with writting on it, is right above the entrance way he is standing in. Also, she asks if he knows what it means and of course she tells him Know Thyself
I believe this is a better translation since nosco means, to know. Plus if you look in the movie, The Matrix, when Neo goes and visits the Oracle, a wooden sign with writting on it, is right above the entrance way he is standing in. Also, she asks if he knows what it means and of course she tells him Know Thyself
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Comment: "The Matrix was the movie I saw it in! Thank you!"
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6 mins
Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
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Cognosce te ipsum
(no capitalization, please...)
Self-identification can be understood in the light of famous recommendation cognosce te ipsum, though this maxim sounds somehow different: identifying of the self and cognition of it do not coincide, albeit correlate. It is not correct, however, to expect from procedure of identification the miracle of cognition of the self. Rather it reveals the principle unintelligibility of the self insofar as the latter is absolutely individual essence. It is opened to rational interpretations of the cognitive mind, yet escaping from the complete cognition of its essence.
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Self-identification can be understood in the light of famous recommendation cognosce te ipsum, though this maxim sounds somehow different: identifying of the self and cognition of it do not coincide, albeit correlate. It is not correct, however, to expect from procedure of identification the miracle of cognition of the self. Rather it reveals the principle unintelligibility of the self insofar as the latter is absolutely individual essence. It is opened to rational interpretations of the cognitive mind, yet escaping from the complete cognition of its essence.
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:6i4eQqDB5JUC:atschool.e...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
1 hr
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| neutral |
jt1576
: Cognosco literally means to to examine, inquire, and/or learn. If are wanting the actual word choice it would be Nosce, since it means to know or get to know
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David Wigtil
United States
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60
Original Greek: "gnothi sauton."
This saying is originally in ancient Greek -- it was one of the inscriptions on the famous oracular temple at Delphi. The Greek is: "gnothi sauton."
--Loquamur
--Loquamur
Peer comment(s):
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Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
: seautón rather than sautón
19 mins
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Both are correct forms in ancient Greek, and copyists regularly mixed them up--so who knows the actual spelling of the original inscription?
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