The purpose of the book "Fundamentals of Self-Knowledge," according to the author, is to describe in an extremely clear form the foundations of the possible knowledge of a person from the point of view of the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieva. In a concentrated form, Benjamin presents the main provisions of the fundamental five-volume work of Maurice Nicholl "Psychological comments on the teachings of Gurdjieff," and also draws parallels with the teachings of other prominent masters of the 20th century