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Donald Robertson

  • 1ng3lцитирует5 дней назад
    Greek and Roman philosophy, which were clearly designed to help people overcome emotional suffering and develop strength of character.
  • 1ng3lцитирует5 дней назад
    the idea that ancient Western philosophers did in fact approach philosophy as a way of life.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    To learn how to die, according to the Stoics, is to unlearn how to be a slave.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    He showed me that there are more important things in life and that true wealth comes from being contented with whatever you have rather than desiring to have more and more.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    A “philosopher,” in Socrates’s sense, is therefore a person who lives according to these values: someone who literally loves wisdom, the original meaning of the word.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    Anyone, I reasoned, who could adopt a healthier and more rational set of core values, with greater indifference toward the things most of us worry about in life, should be able to become much more emotionally resilient.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    our emotions are mainly determined by our beliefs.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    Where, then, should one go in order to learn how to become a good person?” Xenophon was dumbstruck. He had no idea how to answer.
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be; just be one.4
  • Zengani Mhangoцитирует2 месяца назад
    He no longer adds to his natural grief by complaining and shaking his fist at the universe.

    Don't add to your pain unnecessarily.

    You're ready in terms because of loss, do not add the burden of thoughts, those you can avoid, fight or ignore and so you should for the sake of not turning a crack in a ship into a massive hole that sinks you instantly.

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