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According to legend, inscribed on walls of the temple on the sacred site of Delphi in Ancient Greece were two premier injunctions: NOTHING IN EXCESS, and KNOW THYSELF. This course will be an examination of the latter injunction in an effort to discover what self-knowledge is, why it might be valuable, and what, if any, limitations it might face. What is missing from a person lacking in self-knowledge that makes her less wise, virtuous, or competent in certain areas than others who have this capacity, and what if anything might she do to fill that gap? Historical sources as well as recent research in philosophy, experimental social psychology, and neuroscience will inform our investigation, in the course of which we will become students of our own dreams, and cultivate some meditative practices. Learning Outcomes: Learners will gain familiarity with prominent themes from Western, classical Chinese, and Buddhist approaches to our knowledge of ourselves. In the course of doing so, they will gain an appreciation of the relation of self-knowledge to wisdom, of the value of intellectual humility, as well as of methods of learning about oneself that do not depend on introspection. Learners will also become familiar with contemporary research in experimental social psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience into the emotions, the unconscious, the role of affect in decision making, and self-deception. They will also gain an appreciation of a challenge to the assumption of a coherent, unified self that derives from the Buddhist tradition. --- This course was created by a partnership between The University of Edinburgh and Humility & Conviction and Public Life Project, an engaged research project based at the University of Connecticut and funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation....

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Aug 17, 2022

This course was amazing! I loved the extracurricular activities (readings, assignments and the meditative moments) which helped to contextualise the material learned in an interdisciplinary context.

AS

Nov 9, 2024

it was a course that I really liked, and the instructor has an innate gift for presenting philosophical topics, which he talks about with great passion. It's definitely his original nature :)

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151 - Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life 的 175 个评论（共 222 个）

创建者 Ebraheem Z

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May 1, 2021

Fantastic course, very informative.

创建者 Don W

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Jul 13, 2023

The course really had me thinking

创建者 Fuume

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May 22, 2023

This course is really beneficial.

创建者 Prashant S S

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May 2, 2019

Very nice and informative course

创建者 tuna e

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Aug 20, 2020

Fun, engaging and informative!

创建者 Victoria M

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May 6, 2020

So great! Loved this course!

创建者 Jocelyn g

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Apr 4, 2020

interesting and well taught

创建者 Bharat S

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Jul 17, 2020

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

创建者 Ephraim S N T T

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Oct 11, 2025

bery awesomesauce po!

创建者 Nancy G

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Jan 5, 2022

Worth the struggle.

创建者 Alreign C L

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Nov 10, 2024

very well detailed

创建者 BOEHM J

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Oct 25, 2020

Excellent course !

创建者 John C

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May 22, 2020

wonderful / thanks

创建者 Libero P

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Aug 12, 2025

Πολύ καλό μάθημα.

创建者 Stephen J

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Aug 6, 2022

Outstanding class

创建者 Mohamed O

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May 8, 2020

Easy and Amazing!

创建者 Yang A W

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Aug 26, 2022

Very insightful!

创建者 Fran E

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Sep 10, 2020

Very informative

创建者 Gary W

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Apr 2, 2020

Excellent course

创建者 ivanna z

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Mar 31, 2022

muy interesante

创建者 Jeremías A R

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Dec 20, 2023

muy buen curso

创建者 Jessica U

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Jan 17, 2021

Great! Thanks.

创建者 elsaunny

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Sep 4, 2024

new knowledge

创建者 Gustavo A V A ( G

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Nov 19, 2021

I loved it!!

创建者 Grace A M

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Nov 2, 2024

it was good