Topic: Stoic Thought of the Day (2nd October)
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk started this discussion 8 years ago #66,709
If a person lives well for even one day before dying, their life was a life lived well and justly.
> A young man's death is unjust.
When an 80 year old man dies, do you say he did not have enough time? That is a difference of 60 years. What is 60 years? A speck in the history of Western civilisation, itself a speck in the history of Homo Sapiens, itself a speck in the history of the Hominids, which in turn is a speck in the history of Earth, which is itself not even a speck on a speck of the history of the Cosmos, the enormity of which is so beyond us that we cannot even properly imagine.
Viewed in this manner, is there any real difference between our 20 year old and our 80 year old? There is none, except from our tiny, blinkered, irrational human perspective.
And yet, there are people in the world who are so afraid of losing those paltry few years they will do anything to try and make it happen.
They see an evil and throw away their calm, their rational mind, their control, their very freedom itself to try and prevent it from happening.
I tell you now that these people are as ignorant to the evil they perpetuate as the people who did the evil that initially caused it.
In these troubled times, the only way to live true to yourself is to realize this simple truth: it is not how long you live your life, but how you live your life.
It provides me comfort to know that no man can ever take by force something I am already prepared to give.
> A young man's death is unjust.
When an 80 year old man dies, do you say he did not have enough time? That is a difference of 60 years. What is 60 years? A speck in the history of Western civilisation, itself a speck in the history of Homo Sapiens, itself a speck in the history of the Hominids, which in turn is a speck in the history of Earth, which is itself not even a speck on a speck of the history of the Cosmos, the enormity of which is so beyond us that we cannot even properly imagine.
Viewed in this manner, is there any real difference between our 20 year old and our 80 year old? There is none, except from our tiny, blinkered, irrational human perspective.
And yet, there are people in the world who are so afraid of losing those paltry few years they will do anything to try and make it happen.
They see an evil and throw away their calm, their rational mind, their control, their very freedom itself to try and prevent it from happening.
I tell you now that these people are as ignorant to the evil they perpetuate as the people who did the evil that initially caused it.
In these troubled times, the only way to live true to yourself is to realize this simple truth: it is not how long you live your life, but how you live your life.
It provides me comfort to know that no man can ever take by force something I am already prepared to give.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 11 minutes later[^] [v] #819,076
> If a person lives well for even one day before dying, their life was a life lived well and justly.Clearly people are not going to feel that way about Stephen Paddock's life.
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,077
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,078
@previous (Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk)
What kind of weed are you smoking?
You said
> If a person lives well for even one day before dying
You cannot tell me he failed to meet your criteria of one decent day in his 64 years.
What kind of weed are you smoking?
You said
> If a person lives well for even one day before dying
You cannot tell me he failed to meet your criteria of one decent day in his 64 years.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,079
@819,077 (Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk)
Perhaps if Steven had embraced a stoic lifestyle, this shooting could have been averted.
Perhaps if Steven had embraced a stoic lifestyle, this shooting could have been averted.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,080
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,081
@previous (D)
> Mass Killing's in Las Vegas and Taco Bell Burrito's
If it will be of any help? I am OP and I alone in my moment of virtue, found the Burrito link.
> Mass Killing's in Las Vegas and Taco Bell Burrito's
If it will be of any help? I am OP and I alone in my moment of virtue, found the Burrito link.
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,082
@819,078 (B)
I apologise, I've phrased this in a way which has confused you.
I perceive that you have interpreted my words as saying that a man's life is lived justly if he has even one "decent day", even if he thereafter spends the rest of his life doing evil acts.
This is not the case.
What I mean is that if an ignorant man decides to live and practices living a virtuous life, but dies the very next day, his life is well-lived because he achieved true harmony with his nature.
I apologise, I've phrased this in a way which has confused you.
I perceive that you have interpreted my words as saying that a man's life is lived justly if he has even one "decent day", even if he thereafter spends the rest of his life doing evil acts.
This is not the case.
What I mean is that if an ignorant man decides to live and practices living a virtuous life, but dies the very next day, his life is well-lived because he achieved true harmony with his nature.
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,083
Anonymous C replied with this 8 years ago, 12 minutes later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,084
Meta joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #819,090
@previous (C)
Whether they are or they are not is beyond your control. All you can do is stoically accept it.
Whether they are or they are not is beyond your control. All you can do is stoically accept it.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 21 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #819,097
@previous (Meta)
IF you are the Mod that did this
http://minichan.org/topic/66710
That sure made me Laff
Danka
IF you are the Mod that did this
http://minichan.org/topic/66710
That sure made me Laff
Danka
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #819,100
@819,083 (B)
That wouldn't be a very nutritious form of breakfast. As a follower of the Stoic diet, I only eat foods that are high in nutritional value.
That wouldn't be a very nutritious form of breakfast. As a follower of the Stoic diet, I only eat foods that are high in nutritional value.
