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    Back to Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life

    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life by The University of Edinburgh

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    About the Course

    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 investigati...
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    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.

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    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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    Mar 7, 2021

    Thank you, the course was interesting and having done a little on the history of philosophy in the past, I enjoyed looking at some vaguely familiar theories from a different perspective. I think there was a good balance of material to cater for different learning styles and to introduce an element of variety (videos, further reading, topics for debate and quizzes) and the structure of the course, and my progress within it, was clear and logical. My only criticism is that the transcripts (in written English) of the video talks are not accurate and in some places become quite confusing and even suggest a meaning contradictory to what was actually said.

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    Mar 1, 2022

    Thanks a lot. I found the course very good and useful. The videos and accomapnying trxts are well planned and developed.

    But for some reason it revolves around only western thinking and inclusion of eastern thinking especialy from Hinduism and Buddhiism would have taken the students much further on the road. Unlike western phylosophy which revolves around a few personalities, Indian thinking is so old that the authors' names are not specifically kniwn and goes by the generic name "seers".

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    I loved this course. Although it took me a lot of effort at the beginning, being my first time to tackle philosophy at all, I got a lot of illumination in many issues. I chose this course actually on the basis of the title, in my pursue to find out more about my self and to get to be able to deal with my psychological and mental health, and although it was not probably in the same way I intended, it has, for sure, benefited me a lot. Thanks,

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    Mar 24, 2021

    Very interesting presentation of competing ideas from philosophy and its history about what human mind can be. The material is organized chronologically, recent concepts about emotions are mentioned towards the end. Many links to to other interesting readings and podcasts are provided. Thank you prof. Green.

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    Mar 31, 2022

    Some thought provoking videos and ideals brought forward. I enjoyed the variety of philosophers and ideologies that were presented. Maybe not for everyone but certainly could be intereting for anyone who thinks about purpose in life, self-awareness, and consciousness.

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    Aug 1, 2023

    I gained insights into how philosophy evolved through ages. I always had some questions about what people in my history books actually said and did. I am grateful for what I learned.

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    May 15, 2023

    It was an interesting course, but it was too short and sweet. I wish it would have gone more in depth into some topics / been longer. But overall the lectures were interesting.

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    Jun 4, 2020

    More visuals and videos to explain the course content would have made teh course more interesting.

    The videos with just the Porfessor speaking were sometime monotonous.

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    Sep 4, 2018

    Very interesting course and subject. There is much more to learn about it, I'm waiting for the next course to go deeper in the subject.

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