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Aristotle tells us that the first Oracle, Priestess at Delphi, bore the name Phēmonoē: She who speaks the mind of God. Now Chilōn, the Sage of Sparta, made a pilgrimage to ask her: "What is the most important thing for a human being to learn?" And Phēmonoē replied: ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥTΟΝ.

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What do some of the greatest minds of the ancient world—such as Aristotle, Plato, and Diotima—have in common? What is the "Scale of Virtues," and how is it connected with the Oracle of Delphi?
In this brand new mini-series, we unlock the secrets of the ancient "Scale of Aretē" and the philosophy of self-transformation behind it. In 8 episodes, we will unlock all the seven steps needed to achieve self-transformation with the help of the ancient lyre and a true classical scholar, Dr. Michael Griffin, from the University of British Columbia.

🎞️ Episode 02: Know Thyself in Physis — The Nature of Our Bodies (step 1)
⚪ Research & Presentation by Prof. Michael Griffin, Head of the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
⚪ Direction by Nikolaos Koumartzi, D.Phil., SEIKILO Ancient World Society
⚪ Lyre Performance by Lina Palera, SEIKILO Affiliate Artist

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🎬 Episodes' List:
01: Know Thyself — Unlock the Delphic Maxim (Introduction)
02: Know Thyself in Physis, the Nature of Our Bodies
03: Know Thyself in Ethos, the Habits of Our Character
04: Know Thyself in Politea, the Harmonis of Our Soul
05: Know Thyself in Katharis, the Freedom of Our Mind
06: Know Thyself in Theoria, the Vision of Beauty
07: Know Thyself in Paradeigma, the Union with Our Gods
08: Know Thyself in Enthousiasmos, the Inspiration of True Love


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📜 Video Transcription
Human goodness (aretē) soars upward like a tree fed on fresh dews,
lifted among the wise and just toward the liquid upper air.
(Pindar, Nemean Ode 8, 36-43)

A human being enjoys the truest health when all the elements stand in their due proportion to one another… when they are perfectly mingled. (IV)... The healer must set themselves against the established character of diseases, of constitutions, of seasons and of ages; they must relax what is tense and make tense what is relaxed. (IX) (Hippocratic On the Nature of Man)
Let every soul, then, first realize this: that she made all living beings herself, breathing life into them, those that the earth feeds and those that are nourished by the sea, and the divine stars in the sky; she made the sun itself, and this great heaven, and drives it round herself… Let her behold the great soul, since she herself is another soul, no small one, who has become worthy to witness by being freed from deceit and the troubles that have beguiled the other souls, and is established in tranquility. Let only her encompassing body and the body’s raging sea be quiet, and the sea and air quiet, and the heaven itself at peace. Into this heaven at rest, let her imagine psychē as if flowing in from outside, pouring in and entering it everywhere an illuminating it: as the rays of the sun light up a dark cloud, and make it shine and give it a golden look, so psychē flowing into the body of heaven gives it life and gives it immortality and awaken what lies at rest. (Plotinus, En