Mind you, this is true only for those who blazed once like bright stars in the firmament, but for the rest, as soon as a few clods of earth cover their corpses, they are 'out of sight, out of mind.'
In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance?
Absolutely nothing.
So what is left worth living for?
This alone: justice in thought, goodness in action, speech that cannot deceive, and a disposition glad of whatever comes, welcoming it as necessary, as familiar, as flowing from the same source and fountain as yourself.
[Meditations; Marcus Aurelius]
2 comments:
I like that quote. Was thinking of Tommy Sheridan and Rupert Murdoch when I read it. I think Tommy would appreciate it. Rupert, on the other hand, wouldn't have a clue to what it meant :-)
mmmm? Murdoch, I know,-- but Sheridan? --I was tempted to do, a'google', maybe later.
It's nice to see you again! I was re-reading some old stuff, I used to like Philosophy, but found myself getting a little, 'saturated', so I just stopped reading it.
I just got back from France, and something must have clicked in my head,so I picked up, Aurelius, again...but I'm a schopenhauer fan at heart![though he seems a little dated these days]
Have a good day! feel the breeze!
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