Know Thyself

In a time in which the image of man oscillates between scientistic reductionisms, irrational drifts, and cultural confusion, this essay offers a solid and luminous path: to rediscover man in his truth, in his dignity, and in his profound unity.

Know Thyself guides the reader through the great visions of philosophical anthropology-from the Sophists to Socrates, from Plato to the moderns, up to Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud-clearly showing how many contemporary crises arise from erroneous conceptions of the human being.

The work then highlights the classical and Greco-Christian perspective, introducing the fundamental concepts of philosophical anthropology and finally leading to the heart of the inquiry: the passions of the soul, interpreted in the light of Thomistic thought as a central dimension for understanding man in his entirety.

This text offers the reader:

• a clear overview of the principal anthropological currents;

• a fundamental vocabulary for orienting oneself within the discipline;

• a rigorous and accessible reflection on the relationship between reason, will, passions, and everyday experience;

• useful tools not only for philosophers and students, but also for educators, priests, seminarians, social workers, catechists, Christian professionals and entrepreneurs seeking spiritual growth, and for all those who seek to understand the human being more deeply.

With an essential style and classical rigor, the essay invites the reader to rediscover an order, a center, and a measure capable of illuminating thought and action: for to know man means, first of all, to learn to know oneself.