Those obsessed with glory attach their well-being to the regard of others, those who love pleasure tie it to feelings, but the one with true understanding seeks it only in their own actions.... Think on the character of the people one wishes to please, the possessions one means to gain, and the tactics on employs to such ends. How quickly time erases such things, and how many has it wiped away a..
Every habit and capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running by running... therefore, if you want to do something make a habit of it, if you don't want to do that, don't, but make a habit of something else instead. The same principle is at work in our state of mind. When you get angry, you've not only experienced that evil, but you've also reinf..
Let us therefore set out whole-heartedly, leaving aside out many distractions and exert ourselves in this single purpose, before we realize too late the swift and unstoppable flight of time and are left behind. As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees. Seneca, Moral Letters, 109.27b-28a . 그러므로 우리는 온전히 마음을 다해 나아가자. 수많은 ..
Where is Good? In our reasoned choices. Where is Evil? In our reasoned choices. Where is that which is neither Good nor Evil? In the things outside of our own reasoned choice. Epictetus, Discourses, 2.16.1 . 선은 어디에 있는가? 우리의 합리적인 선택 속에 있습니다.악은 어디에 있는가? 우리의 합리적인 선택 속에 있습니다.선도 악도 아닌 것은 어디에 있는가? 우리의 합리적인 선택의 영향을 받지 않는 것들 속에 있습니다.
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.