1581: Hryhorii Skovoroda
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/10/29
How does Hryhorii Skovoroda’s philosophy — “know yourself” — chart a path to happiness beyond worldly capture?
“The world tried to capture me, but didn’t succeed.”
“Our life is a path and the way to happiness is not short.”
“Peace is buried like a priceless treasure in the house within ourselves.”
“First, discover where it does not lie… then you will more readily come to the place where it resides.”
“It is truly amazing that an individual who has lived thirty years has failed to notice what is best for him.”
“Sin is my sole distress. Mortify all sin in me.”
“The kingdom of blessed Nature, although it is hidden, is not undetectable behind the external signs.”
“The only thing that should be condemned is that… we neglect the supreme science.”
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