79. A Man's Love Is Loved

We are most dishonorable towards our God. He is not permitted to sin. A soul which knows that it is loved but does not itself love betrays its sediment, its dregs come up. Under peaceful conditions the militant man attacks himself. With his principles a man seeks either to dominate, or justify, or honour, or reproach, or conceal his habits. Two men with the same principles probably seek fundamentally different ends therewith. 78. He who despises himself nevertheless esteemes himself thereby as a despiser. 81. What did the god mean who gave the advice know thyself? Did it perhaps imply, cease to be concerned about thyself, become objective? And Socrates