Speranta stoica
Incetezi sa te temi daca incetezi sa nadajduiesti. Hecato din Rodos– stoicul.
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I'm a smartass..or just smart...
A lot of posts/articles I read annoy me. Most of the time not enough to react. But sometimes… Lately I’ve seen a few articles about zodiac signs. I also had an (interesting) discussion with a friend about zodiac signs, predestination… I’m having fun…
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Mosteniri de care am uitat…
In Scrisori catre Lucilius, Seneca face referire ,in repetate randuri, la exemplul dat de Mucius Scaevola. Fiind convins ca putini mai stiu povestea acestuia revin asupra ei. Stoicismul a fost si poate redeveni realitate, fiind intrinsec culturii europene. Sacrificiul nu bazat pe un amalgam de…
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German Romanticism.
Gut ist der Schlaf, der Tod ist besser – freilich Das beste ware, nie geboren zu sein. Heinrich Heine - Morphine
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Joke of the day. What unites us divides us
Moshe and Mohamed, good friends, live in Jerusalem. They eat hummus and do politics. – We, the Jews, have only one God, says Moshe. – And we, the Arabs, the same. – We, the Jews, are all circumcised. – And us! – We don't eat pork. –…
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Un animal ciudat ( rep.)
„Toate animalele cu exceptia omului stiu ca principala menire a vietii este sa te bucuri de ea – si ele se bucura atat cat le permit omul si celelalte circumstante” Samuel Butler – Destinul oricarui trup, 1903
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Virtutile.
Virtutile ne unesc si ne definesc. Ele constituie si instituie personalitatea noastra, persona noastra. Nu ne putem defini doar ca fiinte materiale fara a deveni doar animale evoluate. Ratiunea, constiinta si mai ales virtutile fac separatia noastra de animalic. Unii cred ca si existenta unui…
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Si tu Sir Newton ? (rep.)
Although initially delighted by the superb symmetry of the solar system, Sir Isaac Newton began to have doubts, seeing the tendency of such a system towards instability/entropy. Instead of delving deeper into the study of the system, but also to calm spirits, he proposed an aberration…
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Detachment from life.
„"The whole human race is condemned to death, both the present and the future. All the cities that have power, in some part of the world, and those that are the shining bastion of some other empire - one day people will ask themselves in what place...
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Suferinta
Superba intrebarea lui Rilke : ” Dar noi, incepand cu un anumit grad de suferinta, mai suntem oare tot noi ?” Intrebari menite sa te bantuie.