(독서)Daily Stoic-7월 14일 A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS

"One person, on doing well by others, immediately accounts the expected favor in return. Another is not so quick, but still considers the person a debtor and knows the favor. A third kind of person acts as if not conscious of the deed, rather like a vine producing a cluster of grapes without making further demands, like a horse after its race, or a dog after its walk, or a bee after making its honey. Such a person, having done a good deed, won't go shouting from rooftops but simply moves on to the next deed just like the vine produces another bunch of grapes in the right season."-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.6 ("어떤 사람은 다른 이에게 선행을 베풀고, 즉시 그 보답을 기대한다. 또 다른 사람은 그렇게 급하지는 않지만, 여전히 상대방을 채무자로 여기고 그 호의를 기억한다. 세 번째 유형의 사람은 마치 아무 일도 없었던 것처럼 행동한다. 포도덩굴이 포도송이를 맺는 것처럼, 경주 후의 말처럼, 산책 후의 개처럼, 꿀을 만든 후의 벌처럼 말이다. 이런 사람은 선행을 하고도 이를 소리치며 알리려 하지 않고, 그저 다음 선행을 향해 나아간다. 마치 포도덩굴이 제철에 또 다른 포도송이를 맺는 것처럼."-마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, <명상록>, 5.6)   Have you ever heard someone else repeat one of your ideas as though it were their own? Did you ever notice a younger sibling or relative mimic your behavior, perhaps the way you dress or the music you listen to? Maybe you moved to a new neighborhood ...

"In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your conversations, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't wander. In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive. In your life, don't be all about business." -MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.51 (행동에서는 미루지 마십시오. 대화에서는 혼란을 주지 마십시오. 생각에서는 방황하지 마십시오. 영혼에서는 수동적이거나 공격적이지 마십시오. 삶에서는 사업만을 위해 살지 마십시오.- 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스,명상 , 8.51)   Simple is rarely easy. But now that you have these rules, make it your duty to put them into practice-with the first item on your to-do list, with the first conversation you have, with your soul, and, of course, with the life you make for yourself. Not just today, but every day. Write that on the blackboard and don't forget it. 간단한 것이 결코 쉬운 것은 아닙니다. 하지만 이제 이 규칙들을 알게 되었으니, 할 일 목록의 첫 번째 항목에서부터, 첫 번째 대화에서부터, 영혼에서부터, 물론 ...

"But what does Socrates say? 'Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and another his horse, so I delight in attending to my own improvement day by day.""-EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.5.14 (“하지만 소크라테스는 뭐라고 말합니까? ‘다른 사람이 농장을 개선하는 데 기뻐하고, 또 다른 사람이 말을 개선하는 데 기뻐하는 것처럼, 나는 날마다 내자신을 개선하는 데 기뻐합니다.’” -에픽테토스, 담화록, 3.5.14)   The rage these days is to start your own company-to be an entrepreneur. There is no question, building a business from scratch can be an immensely rewarding pursuit. It's why people put their whole lives into doing it, working countless hours and taking countless risks. But shouldn't we be just as invested in building ourselves as we would be to any company?   Like a start-up, we begin as just an idea: we're incubated, put out into the world where we develop slowly, and then, over time, we accumulate partners, employees, customers, investors, and wealth. Is it really so strange to treat your own life as seriously as you might treat an idea for a business? ...

"Love the humble art you have learned, and take rest in it. Pass through the remainder of your days as one who whole-heartedly entrusts all possessions to the gods, making yourself neither a tyrant nor a slave to any person."-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.31 ("네가 배운 겸손한 예술을 사랑하고, 그 안에서 휴식을 취하라. 모든 소유물을 신들에게 온전히 맡기고, 누구에게도 폭군이나 노예가 되지 않는 사람으로서 너의 남은 날들을 지나가라." - 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상록, 4.31)   Stop by a comedy club any weekend night in New York or Los Angeles and you're likely to find some of the world's biggest and most commercially successful comedians in there, workshopping their craft for just a handful of people. Though they make a fortune in movies or on the road, there they are, practicing the most basic form of their art.   If you ask any of them: "Why are you doing this? Why do you still perform?" The answer is usually: "Because I'm good at it. Because I love it. Because I want to get better. Because I thrive on connecting with an audience. Because I just can't not do it."   It's not work ...

"For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person." -MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 8.33.32-34 (“나는 좋은 왕이 애초부터 필연적으로 철학자이며, 철학자가 애초부터 왕과 같은 인물이라고 믿는다.” -무소니우스 루푸스, 강의, 8.33.32-34)   The Israeli general Herzl Halevi believes that philosophy is essential in his role as a leader and warrior. "People used to tell me that business administration is for the practical life and philosophy is for the spirit," he said. "Through the years I found it is exactly the opposite- I used philosophy much more practically." War and leadership offer an unending series of ethical decisions that require priorities, balance, and clarity. That's what philosophy helps with.   Plato knew this when he imagined a utopia ruled by a philosopher king. "Either philosophers should become kings," he said in The Republic, "or those now called kings should truly and sufficiently undertake philosophy." Marcus Aurelius was quite literally that philosopher king.   What does that have to do with you? ...