Know thyself know what are the thoughts and passions of all other men upon the like occasions." In 1734 Alexander Pope wrote a poem entitled "An Essay on Man, Epistle II", which begins "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man." In 1735 Carl Linnaeus published the first edition of "Systema Naturae" in which he described humans ("Homo") with the simple phrase ""Nosce te ipsum"". In 1750 Benjamin Franklin, in his "Poor Richard's Almanack", observed the great difficulty of knowing one's self, with: "There are three Things extremely hard, Steel, a Diamond, and to know
Adoramus te Adoramus te Adoramus te (We adore Thee) is a stanza that is recited/sung mostly during the Stations of the Cross of the Catholic tradition. It is retained in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran traditions during the Good Friday liturgy, although generally in the vernacular. It is recited or sung between stations. The words in Latin and their translation in English are as follows: Adoramus te, Christe,<br> et benedicimus tibi, <br> quia per sanctam crucem tuam <br> redemisti mundum. <br> Qui passus es pro nobis, <br> Domine, Domine, miserere nobis.<br> We adore Thee, O Christ,<br> and we bless Thee,<br> who by