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‘What’s that you say, friend? It’s only my leg you will chain, not even God can conquer my will.’ [24] ‘I will throw you into prison.’ ‘Correction – it is my body you will throw there.’ ‘I will behead you.’ ‘Well, when did I ever claim that mine was the only neck that couldn’t be severed?’
Well, how does the bull realize its own strength, rushing out to protect the whole herd when a lion attacks? The possession of a particular talent is instinctively sensed by its owner; [31] so if any of you are so blessed you will be the first to know it. [32] It is true, however, that no bull reaches maturity in an instant, nor do men become heroes overnight. We must endure a winter training, and can’t be dashing into situations for which we aren’t yet prepared.
Make it your goal never to fail in your desires or experience things you would rather avoid; try never to err in impulse and repulsion; aim to be perfect also in the practice of attention and withholding judgement.
Don’t put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else.
What would have become of Hercules, do you think, if there had been no lion, hydra, stag or boar – and no savage criminals to rid the world of? [33] What would he have done in the absence of such challenges? Obviously he would have just rolled over in bed and gone back to sleep. So by snoring his life away in luxury and comfort he never would have developed into the mighty Hercules. And even if he had, what good would it have done him? [34] What would have been the use of those arms, that physique, and that noble soul, without crises or conditions to stir him into action?
If being related to the emperor or any of the other great ones at Rome is enough to live without fear, in privilege and security, shouldn’t having God as our creator, father and defender protect us even more from trouble and anxiety?
Kenapa harus segan dengan orang yang memiliki jabatan tinggi sedangkan kita merupakan sama2 makhluk tuhan
if a general of yours stationed me at a post, I would have to maintain and defend it, choosing to die a thousand times rather than quit, but if God has assigned us a post with a set of duties, we might decide to abandon that.’
Since I can get greatness of soul and nobility from myself, why should I look to get a farm, or money, or some office, from you? I will not be so insensible of what I already own.
[11] ‘Well, ignorance in discriminating between colours, smells or flavours probably does no great harm. But not to know about right and wrong, about what is natural in man’s case and what is not – is that a minor shortcoming, do you think?’
Akal pikiran pasti diciptakan untuk tujuan tertentu. gak mungkin sebagai hiasan. Sebagai makhluk hidup berakal kita harus menggunakan akal pikiran dengan tepat untuk kondisi kita berada
it isn’t death, pain, exile or anything else you care to mention that accounts for the way we act, only our opinion about death, pain and the rest.
Suatu keadaan tergantung dengan prekonsepsi pikiran yang ada
[32] You should thank the gods for making you strong enough to survive what you cannot control, and only responsible for what you can. [33] The gods have released you from accountability for your parents, your siblings, your body, your possessions – for death and for life itself. [34] They made you responsible only for what is in your power – the proper use of impressions. [35] So why take on the burden of matters which you cannot answer for? You are only making unnecessary problems for yourself.
Kita ga bisa milih orang tua kita, hal itu merupakan di luar kendali kita mau mereka buruk atau baik itu benar2 di luar kendali kita. Daripada kita protes sana-sini bahwa kita mendapatkan orang tua buruk kenapa kita mencoba apa yang dapat kita kendalikan, tuhan memberikan kita kemampuan untuk bersabar (aku pun baru tersadar juga semua yang diciptakan pasti ada gunanya layaknya akal, mata, anggota tubuh lain, sabar, marah), anggap kemampuan ini seperti pohon yang digunakan untuk berteduh dari sinar matahari
‘Nothing important comes into being overnight; even grapes or figs need time to ripen. If you say that you want a fig now, I will tell you to be patient. First, you must allow the tree to flower, then put forth fruit; then you have to wait until the fruit is ripe. [8] So if the fruit of a fig tree is not brought to maturity instantly or in an hour, how do you expect the human mind to come to fruition, so quickly and easily? Don’t expect it, even if I were personally to tell you it was possible.’
Bersabar dalam menghadapi masalah layaknya proses natural pembuahan di pohon
[6] Which, I suppose, is why Stoics put logic at the head of our curriculum – for the same reason that, before a quantity of grain can be measured, we must settle on a standard of measurement. [7] If we don’t begin by establishing standards of weight and volume, how are we going to measure or weigh anything? [8] And similarly in the present case – if we haven’t fully grasped and refined the instrument by which we analyse and understand other things, how can we hope to understand them with any precision?
Everything has a standart
Try putting the question this way: [6] ‘Shouldn’t we rid ourselves of people deceived about what’s most important, people who are blind – not in their faculty of vision, their ability to distinguish white from black – but in the moral capacity to distinguish good from bad?’ [7] Put it that way, and you’ll realize how inhumane your position is. It is as if you were to say, ‘Shouldn’t this blind man, and this deaf man, be executed?’
kenapa kita harus marah dengan orang yang buruk karakternya, kenapa kita tidak mengasihaninya? karena orang tersebut tidak dapat membedakan hitam dan putih seaakan mereka adalah orang yang cacat, buta, dan tuli. mereka benar2 tidak dapat menggunakan akal sehat mereka
[26] ‘A man spoke with me today about accepting a priesthood of Augustus.31 I told him not to touch it. “You will lay out a lot of money for little in return.”’ [27] ‘But the clerk will add my name to public contracts.’ ‘Are you planning to be there every time a contract is signed, so you can announce to the assembled, “That’s my name he’s writing down there”? [28] Even if you can attend these signing ceremonies now, what will you do when you die?’ ‘But my name will survive me.’ ‘Carve it in stone and it will survive you just as well. Outside Nicopolis, though, no one is going to remember
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nothing really that matter, position, carved names, crown. iya just as it is, nothing really special, it's just our mind thqt make it special
[11] When it comes to our poor mind, however, we can’t be bothered; we are satisfied accepting any and all impressions, because here the loss we suffer is not obvious. [12] If you want to know just how little concerned you are about things good and bad, and how serious about things indifferent, compare your attitude to going blind with your attitude about being mentally in the dark. You will realize, I think, how inappropriate your values really are.
ketika kita melihat koin emas kita sangat hati2 mengeceknya apakah koin emas ini asli sehingga kita mengeceknya berulang-ulang kali. namun, ketika akal pikiran kita itu ga benar, kita santai saja membiarkan pikiran kita pada hal yang salah dam buruk.
wisdon is just takes work, sama dengan melukis sesuatu diatas canvas. ini cuman butuh waktu saja untuk masuk ke dalam karakter dan pikiran kita
[1] The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler whom God, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck. [2] For what purpose? To turn you into Olympic-class material. But this is going to take some sweat to accomplish. From my perspective, no one’s difficulties ever gave him a better test than yours, if you are prepared to make use of them the way a wrestler makes use of an opponent in peak condition.
don’t believe your situation is genuinely bad – no one can make you do that. [18]
Socrates used to say that the unexamined life was not worth living.’
No one to be examined or corrected by anyone else
We take pity on the blind and lame, why don’t we pity people who are blind and lame in respect of what matters most?
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