Delphic maxims (Know thyself, Nothing overmuch)

1. Hipparchus Plato 1 neutral 1 citation

   hipparchus

   The passage identifies these as widely admired traditional sayings, reporting Hipparchus's aim relative to them without itself arguing for or against their content.

   and then, after selecting from his own wise lore, both learnt from others and discovered for himself, the things that he considered the wisest, he threw these into elegiac form and inscribed them on the figures as verses of his own and testimonies of his wisdom, so that in the first place his people should not admire those wise Delphic legends of “Know thyself” and “Nothing overmuch”, and the othe …

2. Protagoras Plato 1 authority 1 citation

   protagoras

   Cited as inscriptions on every tongue exemplifying laconic wisdom, invoked with approval as authoritative sayings.

   and you can recognize that character in their wisdom by the short, memorable sayings that fell from each of them they assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their lore to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on every tongue— Know thyself and Nothing overmuch.

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