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# A question for discussion
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/a-question-for-discussion/
- Published: 2007-06-15T05:39:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:27:01.000Z
- Description: A question for discussion
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Keith E. Buhler, Anthropology, embodiment, Theology and Practice

Which is more important, to know reality or to know yourself?

This distinction keeps coming up in the sources I have been reading (or listening to) and I'd like to hear some Mere O readers' opinions on both sides.

Of course both are important, but I am wondering of one sort of "trumps" the other... perhaps another good question is "Which comes first?" Supposing they are both equally important, still there is a question of order. Or perhaps one simply is more important.  
Thanks for your thoughts.