Merle,

I've just Binged it and it may be as many as 500 or more years older than 
Socrates.

--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Merle,
> 
> The saying predates Socrates by 100 years or more...Bill!
> 
> --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> >  socrates ... bill.......remember now?..merle
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > Merle,
> > 
> > My responses are embedded below:
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote:
> > >  bill!.."know thy self".. 
> > > now who knows who said that?...
> > 
> > I don't know who first said/wrote "know thyself" but it predates Plato (to 
> > whom it is usually credited) and was one of the inscriptions on the Temple 
> > of Apollo at Delhi.
> > 
> > >  all things are known..
> > 
> > I don't even know what you are trying to imply with this statement.  If you 
> > mean 'there are no secrets or eclectic teachings' then I agree; but 
> > 'knowing' you as I do I suspect you mean something else to which I'd 
> > disagree.
> > 
> > > it's a matter of discovering that what is already known within one's 
> > > world..inside your mind, your heart your soul
> > >
> > 
> > That's close to describing Buddha Nature (this is a Zen Forum, remember?) 
> > but Buddha Nature is not 'known', it's experienced.
> > 
> > > experience is your relationship with the outside world
> > 
> > What 'outside world' are you talking about?
> > 
> > ...Bill!
> >
>




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