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I would like to find a scholarly article which sheds light on the question whether Socrates' statement "know yourself" has indeed been adopted from the work of Heraclitus.
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February 14, 2008

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Nicholas D. Smith
February 21, 2008 (changed February 21, 2008) Permalink

I am not aware of a scholarly argument of the sort you are seeking. In my view, Socrates got this from the inscription of the same words at the Shrine at Delphi. Another of these inscriptions at Delphi was also quite "Socratic": "Nothing in Excess."

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