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And whoever does know himself never considers external things to be his; above all other things he loves and cultivates himself: he rejects excessive concerns as well as useless thoughts and resolutions.
first frame highlight. like frame better.
Epicurus frees his Wise Man from anticipation and worry about the future.4
Aristotle, who goes into everything, takes the saying of Solon that ‘nobody can be termed happy before
he is dead’
When the soul is without a definite aim she gets lost; for, as they say, if you are everywhere you are nowhere.
WIse words.
deafened my friends with my
5 [C] This, too, happens in my case: where I seek myself I cannot find myself: I discover myself more by accident than by inquiring into my judgement. Suppose something
[C] This, too, happens in my case: where I seek myself I cannot find myself: I discover myself more by accident than by inquiring into my judgement.
One case only: the philosopher Pyrrho happened to be aboard ship during a mighty storm; to those about him whom he saw most terrified he pointed out an exemplary pig, quite unconcerned with the storm; he encouraged
Dare we conclude that the benefit of reason (which we praise so highly and on account of which we esteem ourselves to be lords and masters of all creation) was placed in us for our torment? What use is knowledge if, for its sake, we lose the calm and repose which we would enjoy without it and if it makes our condition worse than that of Pyrrho’s pig?
felt only by our powers of
[A] Learned we may be with another man’s learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own:
his bow, his bearing and
have virtually no other end than the making of money, few of those whom nature has
To follow another is to follow nothing: ‘Non sumus sub rege: sibi quisque se vindicet.’ [We are under no king: let each man act freely.]
Books give pleasure: but if frequenting them eventually leads to loss of our finest accomplishments, joy and health, then give up your books. I am one who believes that their fruits cannot outweigh a loss such as that.
[Let each man choose the road he should take.]30 [A] Whether we are running our home or studying or hunting or following any other sport, we
But I would need some definite correspondent, as I used to have,11 who would draw
First time I've noticed the page number! Did the update last night, but nothing showed up every time I checked. Yippee!
Thursday 2-10-11
intercourse
[B] Other men study themselves in order to wind their minds high and send them forth: I do so in order to bring mine lower and lay it down. It is vitiated only
[B] Other men study themselves in order to wind their minds high and send them forth: I do so in order to bring mine
menial or commonplace, they employ a style of speaking and writing which is newfangled
Monday 1-3-11
Noticed how easy it was to highlight on Kindle, as opposed to PC version.
Saturday 1-8-11 12:05 pm
Planning to read through the Complete Essays--something I've never done of course.
Nobody gives his money away to others: everyone gives his time. We are never more profligate than with the very things over which avarice
were also on the roll of
dared to face) is more
