What Is Knowledge of the Human Being, and What Questions Does It Answer about Humans?
What Is Knowledge of the Human Being, and Where Does It Apply to? What is a human being and to which class of creatures does s/he belong? This seemingly simple question has occupied the complex mind of human beings for many centuries.If we classify the creatures of the material world into three main groups of […]
The Effect of Redefining Self-Knowledge in Our Daily Lives
Examining and Redefining Self-Knowledge, a Concept with Contradictory Meanings How well do you know yourself? Are you one of those people who are interested in knowing all aspects of your existence? Have you ever thought about the need for redefining self-knowledge? Certainly, this issue is not equally important to all of us. Some of us […]
Lack of Self-Knowledge: Root of Mental Issues and Dissatisfactions
Ignoring Self-Knowledge, the Greatest Obstacle to Happiness How many of us know our true ‘self’ and are well acquainted with it? How many of us know the true meaning of self-knowledge? How much time do we spend a day thinking about our ‘self’? How many of our problems, do we believe, are related to our […]
Inner Peace or Comfort? | The Way to Achieve Peace and Happiness
How to Live a Happy and Peaceful Life with Self-Knowledge? It seems impossible to find inner peace and happiness in today’s turbulent world, the lost feelings which we cannot get to, no matter how hard we try. But what is inner peace, and how can we live a happy and peaceful life? Can we still […]
What Is the Right Lifestyle? How Is It Related to Self-Knowledge?
The Role of Self-Knowledge in Improving Our Lifestyle We believe that we know ourselves perfectly and do not feel any need to gain self-knowledge; we choose our lifestyle based on this belief. In reality, we do not feel the need to know ourselves or do not think over the criteria for self-knowledge just because we […]
Benefits of Self-Knowledge | It Changes Our Viewpoint about the World
Self-Knowledge Regulates Our Relationship with Everything Why is self-knowledge necessary? This question has already been answered in the previous articles. Now it is time to ask a new question: “Does it solve any of my problems?” We humans have, by nature, foresight and self-interest to varying degrees. Therefore, before acquiring any knowledge or skill, we […]
What Determines the True Value of a Human Being?
What Does Our True Value Lie in? You Sold It Short! We may have heard these words about ourselves and others in different situations. Realizing that we have lost something easily without knowing its true value is a terrible feeling. Most of the time, we cannot even make up for that loss. Basically, human laws […]
Impact of Our Viewpoint on Our Knowledge of ‘Self’ and the World?
Our Knowledge of the World Is Based on How We See Phenomena Different people around us have their own individual beliefs and thoughts. What distinguishes them from each other is their viewpoint on their ‘self,’ life, the world, and others. Some people care about academic and career achievement, while others give special importance to their […]
Necessity of Self-Knowledge | Do You Feel the Need to Know Yourself?
Why Should We Know Ourselves? The Necessity of Self-Knowledge in Our Lives This question might preoccupy our minds and push us to find the right answer. We tend to feel a need to know everything that is in relation to us. For example, not only have we developed a lot of academic fields to discover […]
What Is Self-Knowledge? It Is Not Psychology! | True Meaning of Self-Knowledge
What Is Self-Knowledge and What Role Does It Play in Our Lives? Self-knowledge [1], as its name suggests, is the knowledge of one’s ‘self.’ But what is the ‘self’ which is the subject of study in self-knowledge? Which dimension of our existence is it? How does knowledge of the ‘self’ benefit us? We all come […]