«Άφοβον ο θεός, ανύποπτον ο θάνατος και ταγαθόν μεν εύκτητον, το δε δεινόν ευκαρτέρητον»
- Φιλόδημος (επικούρειος), Ηράκλειο, Ιταλίας
Don't fear god, Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure
- Philodemus, Herculaneum Papyrus, 1005, 4.9-14
5 Οκτωβρίου 2010
Παιδεία / Education
Το γαρ όλον και παν έργον της νομοθεσίας είς την παιδείαν ανήψεν
- Πλούταρχος, Βίος Λυκούργου, 14.1
- Πλούταρχος, Βίος Λυκούργου, 14.1
4 Οκτωβρίου 2010
30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
dance or get out of the way
- Boss, do you dance?
- Dance? No!
- Then get out of the way...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cqxUY5oyo
- Damn it boss, I like you too much not to say it:
you've got everything except one thing,
madness. A man needs a little madness or else ...
- or else?
- he never dares cut the rope.
...
- Teach me to dance! Will you?
- Dance? Did you say dance?
- Come on my boy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=690_48tCzfE
- Dance? No!
- Then get out of the way...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cqxUY5oyo
- Damn it boss, I like you too much not to say it:
you've got everything except one thing,
madness. A man needs a little madness or else ...
- or else?
- he never dares cut the rope.
...
- Teach me to dance! Will you?
- Dance? Did you say dance?
- Come on my boy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=690_48tCzfE
23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
empty boat
If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff,
even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, and yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty, he would not be shouting, and not angry.
If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you...
- Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu (1965)
even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, and yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty, he would not be shouting, and not angry.
If you can empty your own boat crossing the river of the world,
no one will oppose you, no one will seek to harm you...
- Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu (1965)
28 Αυγούστου 2010
14 Αυγούστου 2010
Walk the earth
Jules: ...then, basically, I'm just going to walk the earth.
Vincent: What'cha mean, "walk the earth"?
Jules: You know, like Caine in Kung Fu, walk from place to place, meet people, get into adventures.
Vincent: And how long do you intend to walk the earth?
Jules: Until God puts me where he wants me to be.
Vincent: And what if he don't do that?
Jules: If it takes forever, then I'll walk forever.
Vincent: So you decided to be a bum?
Jules: I'll just be Jules, Vincent – no more, no less.
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
Vincent: What'cha mean, "walk the earth"?
Jules: You know, like Caine in Kung Fu, walk from place to place, meet people, get into adventures.
Vincent: And how long do you intend to walk the earth?
Jules: Until God puts me where he wants me to be.
Vincent: And what if he don't do that?
Jules: If it takes forever, then I'll walk forever.
Vincent: So you decided to be a bum?
Jules: I'll just be Jules, Vincent – no more, no less.
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
10 Αυγούστου 2010
Begeisterung
Ich denke, jeder Mensch begeistert sich für eine andere Sache. Wenn man an dieser Sache arbeitet, dann arbeitet man gern und scheut keine Mühe, denke ich.
9 Αυγούστου 2010
Thanatos & Eros
„Krieg ist aller Dinge Vater, aller Dinge König. Die einen macht er zu Göttern, die anderen zu Menschen, die einen zu Sklaven, die anderen zu Freien.“
- aus Fragmente, Heraklit
- aus Fragmente, Heraklit
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