self-knowledge

[ self-nol-ij, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈnɒl ɪdʒ, ˈsɛlf- /

knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.

Origin of self-knowledge

First recorded in 1605–15

How deeply insulting to the true struggle for self-knowledge and self-repair.

The Psychological Strategy of the Tiger Ad and Why It Will Backfire |Adam Hanft |April 9, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Marty was cool because he took his hideousness and, with a brilliant wit and oodles of self-knowledge, he flaunted it.

Marty Feldman: Dead Cool |Simon Doonan |November 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Self-knowledge helps us investigate; willful denial impedes investigation.

Why Obama Should Hire Eliot Spitzer |Justin Frank |April 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Armed with this weapon, and only employing it for self-knowledge and self-control, man makes himself wise.

Initiation into Philosophy |Emile Faguet

How it happens that self-knowledge leads to suspicion of others we had better not investigate too closely—it is a fact.

Criminal Psychology |Hans Gross
Self-government, founded on self-knowledge, wards off the pangs of disappointment by limiting ambition to the attainable.

The Religious Sentiment |Daniel G. Brinton
Self-knowledge should enable him to see himself in clear light.

Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary |John Kline
But still it was passion that pleaded for possession, and still it was self-knowledge that looked on in fear.

Told in a French Garden |Mildred Aldrich

self-knowledge

knowledge of one's own character, etc