"Know Thyself"...

Jesus tells Satan in rebuke: "It is written,'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God'" (Matthew 4:4). He says this in full knowledge that he himself is God's Word, the heavenly Bread come down to earth. It is precisely this self-knowledge, knowledge that can only come from knowing the Father perfectly, that enables Jesus to do the Father's works.

Socrates taught the vital importance of self-knowledge as an indispensable foundation of a fully human ...