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Know Yourself

A Path to Self-Knowledge

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Know Yourself

By: The School of Life
Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
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Summary

We may spend years mastering the external world–acquiring degrees, advancing careers, building families–without ever turning inwards to make sense of the person orchestrating it all: ourselves.

This book is a guide to the elusive, essential task of self-knowledge. With clarity, gentleness and depth, it explores why we are often mysteries to ourselves, how our childhoods quietly script our behaviors and why seemingly trivial experiences–an abrupt word, a strange dream, a lingering mood–can hold the keys to profound insight.

Drawing on the wisdom of philosophy and psychotherapy, Know Yourself teaches us how to tune in to our inner signals, revisit the past without fear and better understand our desires, fears, patterns and longings. It is a call to begin the lifelong project of making sense of who we are–so that we might suffer less, connect more deeply with others and lead calmer, freer lives.

©2026 The School of Life (P)2026 The School of Life Personal Development Personal Success
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The AI voice reading this is so absolutely dreadful that it is utterly distracting from the probably excellent writing (School of life books are always excellent). This is so disappointing! I made it through the introduction but can’t bear any more. I want my money back!

Disappointing - Absolutely awful AI voice

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I was so excited for a new School of Life book but the narration makes this book impossible to listen to. I wonder if it is AI generated, because whilst the actual voice and accent are fine, it sounds like there is no punctuation, making sentences simply not understandable. I gave up trying, even after playing around with the speed (it is slightly better at 1.5 speed to cover up the odd pauses, but still, not good enough).

AWFUL narration

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