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What is the philosophy of Laozi in the East and Socrates in the West?
This article talks about the philosophy that both Laozi and Socrates admire-self-knowledge.

First, how does Socrates talk about self-knowledge?

Socrates

Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, famously said, "Know yourself". He also said: "Only by knowing yourself can we know life". Only by recognizing yourself can we grasp life.

Self-knowledge is one of Socrates' main philosophical thoughts.

If you can recognize yourself, you can recognize others. Because although everyone does things differently, the basic laws of human behavior are similar. To know your own laws is to know the laws of others.

Socrates once told his disciples to spend their whole lives knowing themselves, which shows that knowing themselves is not an easy task, but a high realm of life.

Socrates

People with strong ability sometimes think highly of themselves, think that they are far superior to others and have pride, which hinders the success of doing things. But after a period of time, I often feel inferior to others, and this sense of inferiority also affects the success of doing things. Turgenev, a great Russian writer, tried to give up literary creation many times. This is all caused by looking at the problem one-sidedly, only seeing one's own advantages at one moment and one's own shortcomings at the other, thus greatly losing confidence.

Thus, fully understand their own necessity.

Second, how can I discuss self-knowledge?

Laozi, an ancient philosopher in China, also suggested that we should know ourselves clearly and have self-knowledge.

1, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching said: "Do you know, go up; I don't know. I'm sick. Saints are not sick, because they are sick, so they are not sick. "

He who can admit that he has many things he doesn't understand is a wise man. What you don't know and pretend to know are all problems. The reason why a saint has no faults is that he can admit that he has faults, so he has no faults.

Laozi

In order to raise their status, some people only publicize their own advantages and dare not admit their own shortcomings. Some people don't pretend to cheat others in order to get benefits. People with high wisdom are different. They can admit what they don't understand or their own shortcomings.

It is easy to admit one's own advantages, but difficult to admit one's own shortcomings. Only when you can admit your shortcomings can you be called self-aware.

2, Lao Tzu's' Tao Te Ching' said' the knower does not speak, the speaker does not know'

People who really know say nothing. People who always talk big don't really know. In other words, wise people don't talk casually, and people who talk casually have no insight.

Pay attention to practical work, and your career can be successful. People who talk less are often more practical and self-aware than people who talk more.

3, Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" said: "Those who see themselves are unknown, and those who see themselves are not obvious."

Show yourself smarter than others in front of everyone, others will think that he is not aware of the wisdom of others, so others will think that he is confused. The more self-righteous, the more others think that he can't see himself clearly and lacks self-knowledge.

Tao Te Ching

4. Laozi's Tao Te Ching said: "Because it is not self-sufficient, it can become great."

A wise man is never arrogant, so he becomes a great man. Because people who are arrogant in front of others are considered to lack self-knowledge because they don't realize that they also have many shortcomings.

Self-knowledge is an excellent quality respected by these two eastern and western philosophers, and it is still worthy of praise in modern times.