Self-Knowledge

Author: The School of Life

Popular psychology

Published on 21 September 2017 by The School of Life Press in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 80 pages
176 x 128 x 12 | 172g

In Ancient Greece, when the philosopher Socrates was asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: ‘Know yourself’. Self-knowledge matters so much because it is only on the basis of an accurate sense of who we are that we can make reliable decisions – particularly around love and work.

This book takes us on a journey into our deepest, most elusive selves and arms us with a set of tools to understand our characters properly. We come away with a newly clarified sense of who we are, what we need to watch out for when making decisions, and what our priorities and potential might be.

Contents: Self-IgnorancePhilosophical MeditationEmotional IdentityHonesty and DenialSelf-JudgementEmotional Scepticism