Word: thyself
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Although Socrates was the father of many philosophies he had no system of his own. He taught the philosophy of philosophy. Taking for his motto the words "Know Thyself," he relentlessly showed up the ignorance of man, believing that it was the greatest obstacle to human knowledge. He said that the only real good was knowledge; the only real evil, ignorance. He taught the foundations of the modern system of reasoning by induction and deduction...
...curious to think how true this is of every member of the hurrying crowds we see around us every day; each with his small function in the world, and each with his fear for something, the loss of which would mean beggary to him. "Be master of thyself" and no material loss can then mean anything...