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单词 know thyself
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know thyself
b. transitive (reflexive). To have understanding of or insight into one's own person, personality, etc., esp. as arrived at through philosophical introspection. Frequently in imperative as know thyself (cf. nosce te ipsum phr.). Cf. yknow v. 6b.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > self-knowledge > know oneself [verb (transitive)]
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a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 123 þe man cnoweð him seluen þe þencheð of wu medeme þinge he is shapen.
c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 139 Vche cristne creature knowen himself ouȝt.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xvii. f. liv Who that knoweth hym self wel, lytel he preyseth hym self.
?1527 T. Berthelet tr. Erasmus Dicta Sapientium sig. A3 v Nosce te ipsum, know thy selfe.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 188 The ignorant person that knoweth not himselfe..is as vnteachable a beast as can be.
a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover iv. i. 157 in 3 New Playes (1655) Do I know my self? I kept that for the Lenvoy.
1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. 312 Socrates that taught, Nosce Teipsum; learnt likewise to know himself.
1745 J. Mason Self-knowl. i. xv. 129 A Man that knows himself will have a Regard to the Furniture of his Memory.
1755 J. Grainger Solitude in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems 241 Then know thyself, the human mind survey... Hence Inspiration plans his manner'd lays.
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons III. xvi. x. 183Know thyself,’ said the old philosophy. ‘Improve thyself,’ saith the new.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 455 In order to repent, a man must know himself thoroughly.
1929 A. Huxley Let. 7 Jan. (1969) 306Know thyself’ was probably one of the stupidest pieces of advice ever given.
1990 L. Barber in Sunday Rev. 19 Aug. 12/3 He is a man who knows himself—‘centred’, as the Americans say.
2005 Y. Shmul & R. Peltier Make it Big with Yuvi iv. 60 These types of businesses simply may not fit you. Know thyself and don't get stuck on one industry.
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