self-knowledgen.

1537 R. Whitford Dial. Curate & Parochiane sig. Eiiii The moste hygh & moste profytable science..is selfe knowledge.

1589 E. Hutchins Serm. preached at S. Maries Oxf. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Mine own exility..in selfe knowledge..more needing to reade than to write.

1614 T. R. in T. Overbury et al. Wife now Widdow Countrey Newes sig. G^v That a Courtier neuer attaines his selfe-knowledge but by report.

1662 R. Baxter Mischiefs of Self-ignorance 503 Is there no prevention of so terrible a self-knowledge, as..the fire of Hell will else procure?

1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. i. 10 Self-Knowledge is that Acquaintance with ourselves, which shews us what we are, and do, and ought to be.

1771 tr. J. G. Zimmermann Ess. National Pride xvii. 260 Religion, so far from exploding a nobleness of mind, is indeed one of its principal supports as enjoining self-knowledge.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 455 It is a remarkable proof of his selfknowledge that, from the moment at which he began to distinguish himself in public life, he ceased to be a versifier.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. ii. 39 Self-knowledge is the first condition of repentance.

1920 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 745/2 Those who judge always do so because they have no self-knowledge.

1988 J. A. Rowe Equivocal Endings in Classic Amer. Novels iv. 75 Has he achieved a self-knowledge that implies acceptance of his limitations?

2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 766/1 Such questions are usually designed to discover the extent of your self-knowledge.