Delphic Maxim of the Week 7/17 - Γνῶθι μαθών

Know what you have learned

Γνῶθι μαθών | Know what you have learned

“Learning is important, and we learn through many different ways. By intellectual schooling, by watching others, by the examples from history, and through failure of course. But alas, in the everyday haste of life, all too quickly we forget what we have learned. The knowledge and wisdom is there, we have heard it, but what good is such wisdom, when we forget it at the most important time? That demands intellectual training, training to be aware of what is going on, and to take the time, not to be taken over by a hasty stream of events, that makes us forget and ignore what we know. If you remain calm and focused, you can remember that, what you have learned, and act right in the time of crisis.”