Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn't it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what is that? Observe those whom you praise without prejudice. The just or the unjust? The just. The even-tempered or the undisciplined? The even-tempered. The self-controlled or the uncontrolled? The self-controlled. In maki..
The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that of the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer's. Epictetus, Disourses, 3.3.1 . 우수하고 훌륭한 사람의 작업을 위한 원료는 그들 자신의 지침이며,몸은 의사와 트레이너의 것이며, 농장은 농부의 것입니다.
How much better is it to be known for doing well by many than for living extravagantly? How much more worthy than spending on sicks and stones is it to spend on people? Musonius Rufus, Lectures, 19.91.26-28 많은 사람들에게 잘하는 것으로 알려지는 것이 사치스럽게 사는 것보다 얼마나 더 좋을까요?돈을 병든 것과 돌에 쓰는 것보다 사람들에게 돈을 쓰는 것이 얼마나 더 가치 있을까요?
Those who receive the bare theories immediately want to spew them, as an upset stomach does its food. First digest your theories and you won't throw them up. Otherwise they will be raw, spoiled, and not nourishing. After you've digested them, show us the changes in your reasoned choices, just like the shoulders of gymnasts display their diet and training, and as the craft of artisans show in wha..
First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do. For in nearly every pursuit we see this to be the case. Those in athletic pursuit first choose the sport they want, and then do that work. Epictetus, Discourses, 3.23.1-2a - 먼저 너 자신에게 어떤 사람이 되고 싶은지 말하고 난 후에 해야 할 일을 하세요.대부분의 노력에서 우리는 이것이 사실임을 확인하게 됩니다.운동을 추구하는 사람들은 먼저 하고 싶은 운동을 선택하고, 그다음에 그 일을 하면 된다.
. Just as what is considered rational or irrational differs for each person, in the same way what is good or evil and useful or useless differs for each person. This is why we need education, so that we might learn how to adjust our preconceived notions of the rational and irrational in harmony with nature, In sorting this out, we don't simply rely on our estimate of the value of external thing..
. Watch the star in their courses and imagine yourself running alongside them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life. Marcus Aurelius, Meditation, 7.4.7 별들이 궤도를 따라 움직이는 것을 보고, 그들과 함께 달리는 모습을 상상해 보세요.요소들이 서로 변화하는 것에 대해 끊임없이 생각해보세요.그런 생각들이 지상계의 먼지를 씻어내기 때문입니다. .