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For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it-my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself. If we would lean this way whenever we fail, and would blame only ourseles and remember that nothing but opinion is the cause of a troubled mind and uneasiness, then by God, I swear we would be making progress. -Epictetus, Discourses, 3.19.2-3- 나의 합리적인 선택이 아닌 어떤것도 그것을 방해하거나 해칠 수 없기 때문에 나의 ..

This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no certain good without virtue; and virtue resides in our nobler part, which is the rational one. And what can this virtue be? True and steadfast judgment. For from this will arise every mental impulse, and by it every appearance that spurs our impulses will be rendered clear. -SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 71.32-' 이것은 매우 적..

오늘의 [영어명언/영어필사] 마음명상,긍정적이고 좋은 글귀는 This isn't for fun. It's for life ! Philosophy isn't a parlor trick or made for show. It's not concerned with words, but with facts. It's not employed for some pleasure before the day is spent, or to relieve the uneasiness of our leisure. It shapes and builds up the soul, it gives order to life, guides action, shows what should and shouldn't be done-it sits at t..

Many words have been spoken by Plato, zeno, Chrysippus, Posidonius, and by a whole host of equally excellent Stoics. I'll tell you how people can prove their words to be their own by putting into practice what they've been preaching. -Seneca, MoralLetters, 108.35;38- 플라톤, 제노, 크리시푸스, 포세이도니우스, 그리고 마찬가지로 뛰어난 스토아 학자들은 많은 단어들을 말해왔습니다. 저는 그들이 설교한 것을 실천함으로써 ,어떻게 사람들의 말이 자신의 것이라는 것을 증명할 수 있는 지 알려드리겠습니다...

You must stop blaiming God, and not blame any person. You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your reasoned choice. You must no longer feel anger, resentment, envy, or regret. -Epictetus, Discourses,3.22.13- 당신은 신을 비난하고, 다른 사람을 비난하는 것을 멈추어야한다. 당신의 욕망을 통제하고, 이성적인 선택안에 있는 것으로 회피의 방향을 전환해야한다. 당신은 더이상 분노, 원망, 부러움 또는 후회를 느끼지 말아야한다. 우리는 우리의 잘못을 회피하는 방법으로 신을..

That cucumber is bitter, so toss it out! There are thorns on the path, then keep away! Enough said. Why ponder the existence of nuisance? Such thinking would make you a laughing-stock to the true student of nature, just as a carpenter or cobbler would laugh if you pointed out the sawdust and chips on the floors of their shops. Yet while those shopkeepers have dustbuns for disposal, nature has no..