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>That's for eternity As Marcus Aurelius frames it, everyone who cares now and will care in the future will themselves die and go to nothing in time. What is a
by mikrl 3y ago
>That's for eternity
As Marcus Aurelius frames it, everyone who cares now and will care in the future will themselves die and go to nothing in time.
What is a blink of glory in this life is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Two generations of glory is nothing really, and the glory you bequeath is itself somewhat worthless since it appears more to be resting on the laurels of another rather than going towards good acts.
If it is in your nature to work on such things, then do so and take your due as it comes. If that is truly what aligns with your nature, and the common good, a 2-3x bonus elsewhere won’t concern you, nor should your own trials beyond which is necessary for continuing along one’s path.
- labster 3y agoYeah but who cares about what Marcus Aurelius said, that dude’s already dead.
- esafak 3y agoA lot of people apparently; Meditations is Amazon's top selling book in modern philosophy. https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/11057/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/11057/
- mikrl 3y agoIronically enough, it was never even intended to be a magnum opus or a legacy. Just some jottings, and notes to help him think things through while on campaign or holding court. Yet we read them 1800 years later and aside from the parts about the gods, can still apply it to life.