The world is changing and full of vitality. People can only accept the inevitability of life. In my present position, I can only reduce my complaints and practice hard. The more you experience, the more ridiculous you will find those self-righteous and self-righteous people in life, but some people will worship them as gods. He can't understand, and he doesn't want to understand. He doesn't long for success. Success is an illusory word. He should see the truth.
On weekends, the troops were forced to train, and the company organized and commanded the trumpeter to hoist the equipment cabin. The bugler didn't fasten the rope buckle, and the spreader slipped across his forehead. He subconsciously dodged, not dodged. The slingshot grazed his eyebrows and blood trickled down. Continue in an orderly manner in different periods. The platoon leader saw something strange and ran to wave. He was nailed in place like a nail. Hoisting continues, and the trumpeter is organized according to the steps. After five minutes, the operation is over, and the time-sharing signal is over. Don't hesitate to walk away.
I like to be straightforward, crisp and neat. The head nurse in the infirmary sewed several stitches on her forehead and was sweating profusely. Keye took the instrument tray and looked at his expressionless face. The head nurse's busyness is in sharp contrast to his quietness. This reduces the head nurse's sense of accomplishment. Constant sweating shows that veterans will be nervous when they encounter too quiet wounded soldiers, and the head nurse's tall image in the little nurse's heart is greatly reduced.
The difficulty of work experience and uncertainty about future development made me hate nepotism, and I was even more reluctant to show my feelings the next year. He realized that neither money nor promotion was the ultimate goal, and that was not what he wanted. I hope to be promoted, but I can't measure my value by this standard. The general may or may not be admired. What is admirable is the trust built up bit by bit and the respect gained through hard work.
After the treatment, I walked out of the clinic and threw the prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs into the trash can. He doesn't like taking medicine. At the corner of the corridor, a nurse stood by and looked at him. It was Ke Ye who came to get the medicine, just in time to see the child's performance. In the second stage, I felt a little uncomfortable, but as if nothing had happened, I stood calmly in the corner and looked at the passing nurses. Ke Ye raised his eyebrows. The sun shines in, which is a bit dazzling.
Example gives us strength. Stoicism is a practical philosophy, not an abstract theory. It puts forward some moral principles and asks us to teach us how to regulate ourselves and live a happy life. In their view, observing and imitating examples is an effective means to gain their own virtues, and at the same time, people should also become examples to others through practical philosophy.
The image of a great man on the classroom wall is a subtle influence. The people we meet in our life have created our character, and our words and deeds have become memories, which constitute our little life. For those who admire you, continue to learn from them and gradually become like them. However, the problem now is that people do not do well in choosing role models. Actors, singers and athletes with high influence are far from excellent in character in entertainment programs or rice circles. Especially those artists who compete for fame and fortune often expose moral shortcomings. So I think those self-righteous people in life are so ridiculous, but some people still worship them as gods. There are too many such people in life, and it is precisely because of the different values that they have created different perceptions that they cannot understand.
You may think, do Stoic philosophers have their own role models? Stoic philosophers also have their own example, Socrates' example, and his name appears on almost every page of epiktetos' collection of papers. Epiktetos' teaching methods and argumentation methods are all learned from Socrates, but it seems that Socrates refuted others and got a negative answer. Epiktetos tried to persuade people to get a positive answer.
Seneca's example is Gato, Caesar's political enemy, who committed suicide because he insisted on democracy and refused to yield to the latter. Some people think that seneca set the threshold for example too high, so that no one can become a real wise man. He responded: "you have no reason to think that you can't do it, just say that our wise men are nowhere to be found;" We have not invented him as the illusory glory of human beings, nor have we imagined him as an illusory and powerful illusion. Although this person may be unusual and rare, we have always shown it like a character and will always do so in the future. Because great and outstanding people are always rare; But in my opinion, Marcus Gato, who initiated this discussion, even surpassed the example we set. "
Epiktetos praised Socrates in many ways, even in his own cleansing, which is obviously unfounded. This is love me, love my dog. Besides, his favorite example is Hervidius Prescus, a noble Roman politician. He experienced the rule of several emperors, from Nero to Garba, to Otto, to Vitrius, and finally to Weipa Mi. He is the elder of the Roman Parliament. Weppa refused to let Priscus enter the Senate, or the latter promised to remain silent. Priscus rejected these two. Wei Pa Mi: "If you do this, I will kill you." The answer is: "What did I say about immortality? You do your thing and I'll do mine. Killing me is your business, dying in peace is my business, and accepting exile without regrets is my business. "
Epiktetos concluded, "You ask, what are the benefits of Priscus being so good? What are the benefits of using purple dye for clothes? The advantage is that purple can reflect nobility, stand out and become a model. " Weppa is not just talking. He expelled Plymouth and soon sent someone to kill him. His wife commissioned seneca to write a hymn for her husband, which led to the murder of seneca. Courage makes people's sexual desire shine, showing nobility and uniqueness.
Marcus Aurelius said in Meditations: "From my grandfather Willows, I learned to spread virtue and control anger. From my father and his memory, I learned humility and courage. From my mother, I not only learned the qualities of piety, kindness and abstinence from evil thoughts, but also learned the simple living way away from luxury. " He thanked fifteen people in one breath, all of whom were very close to him and had an important influence on him. Among them, in many places in Deep Thinking, we can also see that he is fascinated by the wisdom of epiktetos and is convinced of his manners.
According to Stoic philosophers, those who faithfully follow Socrates, Antilles and Diogenes will also make remarkable progress themselves. We can see that virtue can be taught by turning bad people into good people. Founder Zhi Nuo believes that the ultimate goal of human beings is to live in harmony with nature and follow virtue, because people will go there under the guidance of nature. What examples does this natural guidance include? Self-discipline and self-sufficiency can find corresponding characteristics in these people and learn from them.
The example itself has shortcomings. However, it is difficult to meet people who feel fully respected in life, because personality differences and arrogant thinking magnify the shortcomings of others. Marcus Aurelius said, "When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: I will meet nosy people, ungrateful people, megalomaniacs, liars, jealous people and weirdos. They are all troubled by these troubles because they can't tell good from evil. "
Stoic philosophers are always cautious when it comes to testing emotional representations. He believes that when you love a thing or a person, you should first carefully test the emotional representation and use it with your reason. Paying attention to the outside world will confuse right and wrong, love and evil, and you will never see where your true goodness and true love are. Therefore, epiktetos repeatedly instilled in his students that you must work hard and exercise yourself in the things you encounter every day. In his view, it is not enough to look at a person's dribs and drabs.
In ancient Rome, God was an example to the Romans, and the successors of Epicurus and Plato worshipped their own people and even offered sacrifices and myths to them on their birthdays. However, the Stoics have never had such a tradition, because God has different ideas. Some documents say that they also worship Hercules. But theoretically speaking, Plato's ideal of life is a rational and thoughtful God, and Epicurus's God is an individualistic and friendly God. Stoic God emphasizes rational thinking and ethical practice at the same time, which has both group friendship and individual freedom, which is a high standard. So they allow their role models to have shortcomings and never worship anyone blindly.
In their view, everyone has his own shortcomings, which is natural, and demanding can only create hypocrisy. Just like throwing anti-inflammatory drugs into the trash can, this is his personal behavior habit, which is not worth boasting about.
Everyone has scars. The Lord said, "Whoever has no sin can stone her", and the scribes and Pharisees who accused women of adultery walked away silently. Because of bitterness, the quality is gradually mellow and perfect. They just get inspiration in the process of imitating God and try to be a perfect person, but who can be called a perfect person? There are still people who are dissatisfied with such a virtuous person as Zhi Nuo.
In some people's eyes, Zhi Nuo has a perverse temperament, a grim expression, a simple life and fights with foreigners. In irony, Timon said, "In a gloomy self-righteousness, I saw an old Phoenician woman who was lazy and eager for her surroundings. However, her wicker basket is broken, and her mind is not as good as a Creary. "
Timon said of Epicurus: "He comes from Summers and is the newest and most shameless of all natural philosophers. As a grammar teacher, he is the most uneducated person. " It is conceivable that this can make Epicurus jump up from the grave angrily, but realistically speaking, Timon's thinking level is too far away from them, so that he can smell sour grapes today.
Someone said, "seneca's plays are not for reading, but for memorizing." His works, like the Four Books and Five Classics, have become historical classics. However, seneca was criticized for accompanying tyrants and restraining a lot of wealth. He was calm in the face of death.
In Peter Paul Rubens's Death of seneca 16 14, seneca cut blood vessels with a knife, drank poisonous ginseng soup, and finally entered a bath full of hot water. The image completely conforms to the image of a wise man in people's imagination.
Seneca built his own defense line in advance in his works: "I am not Tessa, and I won't be such a person-let me provide some sources for your malice!" "Please don't ask me to be the best person. I just want to be better than those villains ... I don't have perfect health, and in fact I will never have it. For gout, I just intend to relieve the symptoms, and there is no attempt to cure it. "
Seneca thinks that he doesn't need to practice the virtue he hasn't achieved yet. Even if his critics will undoubtedly refute him, he can push him towards his goal.
Self-discipline in learning. Stoics' attitude towards themselves and others is very objective, and self-discipline is as strict as heteronomy, because they believe that freedom and happiness are a gradual process, and capitalized herringbone is never achieved overnight. Looking for nature and seeking happiness always requires a category constraint. When people pay attention to themselves and expand their pursuit of the outside world, they need to put on armor and hold a sword, not only to protect themselves, but also to cut off those vain appearances and see the true virtue.
Seeing this, many friends felt a chill. Stoic philosophers seem to be experts in taking cold baths every day. He always throws cold water in high spirits and then meditates on the image in the mirror. Why did I eat so many cookies today? Is my contribution worthy of black beauty black tea? What else can I contribute to the world? Does a person need to treat his life like this in order to be happy?
Karl Healty, a Swiss thinker and happiness theory writer, believes that the duty of educators is to cultivate independent personality, which is achieved through self-education and role model, and should actively cultivate learning attitude instead of relying on teachers' teaching. He believes that the only way to realize this kind of self-education is Stoicism and Christianity. Japanese writer Hiroyuki Toyo believes that Stoicism philosophy, as opposed to aesthetic enjoyment and utilitarianism, can cultivate inner tenacity beyond fate.
But it doesn't contain any supernatural elements, and it doesn't need any religious beliefs. It just needs to be put into common sense. It has extraordinary charm and great encouragement for young people who are pursuing it, but the rich life experience and modest personality of people who have received a complete education that Christianity needs are not suitable for young people who are studying.
In my opinion, there is pride and humility in Stoic philosophy. The life they yearn for is the ultimate freedom and the greatest happiness.
Stoicism is strict with self-shaping, free from the shackles of those old dogmas. Just a little kindness, elegance, genius, nothing. Judging from a person's beliefs, if you can't stick to the truth and regard it as the innermost desire and the most urgent need, you can immediately distinguish a person's level.
You can like Ernesto Guevara, john boyd, peter drucker and Stephen Covey. They bring you high-quality content and make you realize how beautiful the world is. Of course, you will also be disappointed, surprised by some actions that fall off the altar, and feel lonely to see human nature clearly. However, as Pascal said, "I will equally condemn those who are determined to praise mankind, those who are determined to condemn mankind, and those who are determined to enjoy themselves." I can only praise those who are crying and pursuing. "
For Stoic philosophy, it is more about forgiving human crying and smiling at accusers. For example, Kyle Oler said in Meditations: "It is the saddest and most ridiculous to be arrogant for the most insignificant thing." This philosophy is their self-shaping, even if the example they see and their life are full of shortcomings, it is also the road of self-choice. However, for modern people, there is no need to always embarrass themselves. This is unnatural, isn't it? We can tell ourselves that we are working towards perfection.
You should be an example to others. When we judge and analyze, we often look at ourselves and compare our actions. This is the best way for us to abandon evil and do good.
As we can see earlier, even if he is injured during the training, he will not leave his post easily. This is what he asked of himself. He asks himself to be an example to others, which is an excellent part of his quality. He still keeps a restrained and calm attitude when sewing needles, and he wants to show his tough side.
Epiktetos said: "We must put our feelings on a good person and always present him to us, so that when we are alive, it is as if he is watching us and doing something, as if he saw what we are doing." Seneca said: "This is epiktetos' suggestion, and with this suggestion, he also gave us a guardian and spiritual mentor, which makes sense. If there are witnesses standing next to people who may make mistakes at any time, the sense of inferiority will be greatly reduced. "
It is not enough just to learn from those who are virtuous. A person should set an example in social life, and the object of the example can be his children at home, colleagues or friends at work. Epiktetos said, "In this case, you should set an example for them and let them see yourself. What kind of people can philosophy make? You are said to be empty talk. When you eat, be a useful person to the people you eat with; When you drink, be a useful person to the people you drink with. Only by forgiving all the people, giving up your position to others and accommodating all the people can you become a useful person to others. Please don't spit on others. "
This example is not only useful, but also shows that if a person has good virtue, he can be good to himself, thus affecting the individuals in this society. In the view of Stoic philosophers, all people in social groups are brothers and sisters, and only when all people are good can individuals be better. When he mentioned the cynic:
In the view of Stoic philosophers, philosophy is not only a problem of theory, but also a problem of decoration and negotiation, but a problem of learning for oneself. Epik Titus made the sharpest philosophical criticism on people with different opinions and national spirit. He said, "if you know syllogism, why are you still upset?" Your moral maxims and lessons are useless. Who are you talking to? Are you talking to others and using them? "
I like the Stoic philosophy, and I should be recognized by others for my contribution to others and groups through calm behavior and persistent efforts. Happiness should come from self-identity, which is relatively obtained, rather than simply saying that you have done enough.
Think about the conclusion. If you can't think naturally, agree with your own ideas and be self-disciplined, can you move towards freedom and happiness? More or continue to fall into anxiety? Therefore, we should find our own role model in life, constantly learn its advantages, and at the same time keep an objective understanding of its shortcomings. Who won't be lazy and relax? In addition, who doesn't have a blind spot in thinking and incomplete cognition? So let yourself learn those noble things and give up those unnatural shortcomings.
That's not enough. You need to set an example for your friends and partners, including your own children. Setting an example is one way. You can explain to others and show it at the same time. "What kind of people are people who are in line with philosophy and morality, we must strive to be what kind of people, fear the gods and be kind to our friends. Life is short, and our earthly life has only the unique harvest of this pious character and loving behavior. "
"Life is a war, a journey, and the reputation behind it will gradually disappear. What can we rely on to protect and guide us? There is only one thing, and that is our philosophy. " You should show your happy image in your life, and someone will remember your philosophy, be consistent in words and deeds, and be noble in character.