It is in this universe that we are given the powers to know what we are and why we exist.

The Universe We Know In

by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.

• Socrates was fond of repeating the advice of the Oracle: “Know thyself.” 
• He probably said, “Know thyself,” rather than, “Know the world,” because it was more difficult to know oneself than to know the world. 
• Self-introspection yields not ourselves but something approaching infinity beyond ourselves. 
• The first thing we know about ourselves is that we have a faculty whereby we know. 
• Yet, we did not give this strange knowing power to ourselves. 
• We wonder perhaps why we have it.

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