One who is enchanted with the personality of a teacher may not become aware of the gaps in his theory, while those who are not enchanted will see only the gaps and not the fragments of truth. For his followers, Buddha is a buddha, an enlightened one - but for others he creates confusion because they see only the gaps. If you join all the gaps together it becomes destructive, but if you join all the fragments of truth together, it can become a foundation for your transformation.
LXVI is missing (talking about that the first thing that a philosopher has to do is seek God, second; what the nature of God is. "Whatever that nature is discovered to be, the man who would please and obey Him must strive with all his might to be made like unto him."
"We see that a carpenter becomes a carpenter by learning certain things: that a pilot, by learning certain things, becomes a pilot. Possibly also in the present case the mere desire to be wise and good is not enough. It is necessary to learn certain things. This is then the object of our search. The Philosophers would have us first learn that there is a God, and that His Providence directs the Universe; further, that to hide from Him not only one's acts but even one's thoughts and intentions is impossible; secondly, what the nature of God is. Whatever that nature is discovered to be, the man who would please and obey Him must strive with all his might to be made like unto him. If the Divine is faithful, he also must be faithful; if free, he also must be free; if beneficent, he also must be beneficent; if magnanimous, he also must be magnanimous. Thus as an imitator of God must he follow Him in every deed and word. "
The Stoics are indeed easy to follow and its easy to want to be like them but perhaps there is more here than just a philosophy. Perhaps time has come full circle and once again we live in the same or indeed similar society as the Stoics once did. The violence and the selling of sex my god we even have the Colosseum again with all the fighting on TV . Yes I put it to you that Rome is back and this time they want to get it right , those of us that live life on the fringes see this in Agenda 21 as all the stores close , roads are slow to be fixed if at all. They say it was the barbarians that brought Rome down , makes sense to force everyone into the cities. It also makes sense that the Stoic philosophy should have a big come back in this time H2O
One who is enchanted with the personality of a teacher may not become aware of the gaps in his
theory, while those who are not enchanted will see only the gaps and not the fragments of truth.
For his followers, Buddha is a buddha, an enlightened one - but for others he creates confusion
because they see only the gaps. If you join all the gaps together it becomes destructive, but if you
join all the fragments of truth together, it can become a foundation for your transformation.
Thanks you very much!....it was great to listen to this audio book. Epictetus is great!
Thank you
LXVI is missing (talking about that the first thing that a philosopher has to do is seek God, second; what the nature of God is. "Whatever that nature is discovered to be, the man who would please and obey Him must strive with all his might to be made like unto him."
"We see that a carpenter becomes a carpenter by learning certain things: that a pilot, by learning certain things, becomes a pilot. Possibly also in the present case the mere desire to be wise and good is not enough. It is necessary to learn certain things. This is then the object of our search. The Philosophers would have us first learn that there is a God, and that His Providence directs the Universe; further, that to hide from Him not only one's acts but even one's thoughts and intentions is impossible; secondly, what the nature of God is. Whatever that nature is discovered to be, the man who would please and obey Him must strive with all his might to be made like unto him. If the Divine is faithful, he also must be faithful; if free, he also must be free; if beneficent, he also must be beneficent; if magnanimous, he also must be magnanimous. Thus as an imitator of God must he follow Him in every deed and word. "
Yes very nice well said
Macaws blush, but in excitement, not shame.
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Is there a translation without the thees and haths and thous? I love this, but it would be much easier to follow along with more modern English.
Thou art but a peasant
@@end.olives True, and as such I'm unpretentious.
Alternatively, git gud.
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The Stoics are indeed easy to follow and its easy to want to be like them but perhaps there is more here than just a philosophy.
Perhaps time has come full circle and once again we live in the same or indeed similar society as the Stoics once did. The violence and the selling of sex my god we even have the Colosseum again with all the fighting on TV . Yes I put it to you that Rome is back and this time they want to get it right , those of us that live life on the fringes see this in Agenda 21 as all the stores close , roads are slow to be fixed if at all. They say it was the barbarians that brought Rome down , makes sense to force everyone into the cities. It also makes sense that the Stoic philosophy should have a big come back in this time H2O
Requires British accent. Americans cannot speak the language. Ridiculous.
Try VOX STOICA on utube
Says the guy who talks like he has food in his mouth.