Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the RenaissanceA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self understanding who we are and how we should act in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance "Know thyself" this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece, specifically in Delphi, the temple of the god Apollo, who represented the enlightened power of reason. For the Greeks, self knowledge and