The philosophical significance of "know yourself" is:
It is the embodiment of humanism to emphasize the role of knowledge and thus the status of human beings. Socrates believes that people must have knowledge to achieve good; Ignorance is the main source of all evil. Socrates combined morality with knowledge and thought that moral behavior must be based on knowledge. The highest knowledge is the understanding of the concept of "goodness", which includes virtues such as health, wealth, status, honor, justice and courage.
Extended data Socrates (Greek: σ ω κ ρ? τη? /English: Socrates, 469-399 BC), a famous thinker, philosopher, educator and citizen juror in ancient Greece.
Socrates and his student Plato, as well as Plato's student Aristotle, are known as the "three sages of ancient Greece" and are generally regarded as the founders of western philosophy by later generations.
As a citizen of Athens, it is recorded that Socrates was finally sentenced to death by the Athens court on charges of insulting the Athenian god, introducing neo-theism and corrupting the thoughts of the Athenian youth. Although Socrates had a chance to escape, he still chose to drink poisonous violet juice and die, because he thought that escape would only further weaken the authority of Athenian law.
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Socrates _ Baidu Encyclopedia