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← A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death

8 connected korrents · 1 moment from 8 Jun 2024 to 8 Jun 2024.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death A free person thinks about death least ofall; their wisdom is a meditation on life,not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good — tap to centre the map on it Fearing death is a pretence ofwisdom; no one knows whether deathmay be the greatest good SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning to die is learning to be free; whoever has learned to die has unlearned servitude — tap to centre the map on it Learning to die is learning to befree; whoever has learned to die hasunlearned servitude MM Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are disturbed not by events but by their opinions about them — tap to centre the map on it People are disturbed not by eventsbut by their opinions about them EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Wisdom is discerning what is true in whatever one learns, from whoever says it — tap to centre the map on it Wisdom is discerning what is true inwhatever one learns, from whoeversays it TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: People think themselves free because they are aware of their wishes but ignorant of the causes that make them wish — tap to centre the map on it People think themselves free becausethey are aware of their wishes butignorant of the causes that makethem wish BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mind of the superior person is set on what is right; the mind of the petty person is set on gain — tap to centre the map on it The mind of the superior person isset on what is right; the mind ofthe petty person is set on gain CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Earnestness is the path to Nirvana and thoughtlessness the path of death — tap to centre the map on it Earnestness is the path to Nirvanaand thoughtlessness the path ofdeath GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death Last stated c. 1661–1675 Holds Baruch Spinoza Read this korrent →