"How disgraceful is the lawyer whose dying breath passes while at court, at an advanced age, pleading for unknown litigants and still seeking the approval of ignorant spectators." -SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 20.2
("법정에서 여전히 알지도 못하는 소송인들을 변호하며 관객들의 인정을 구하는 변호사가 나이 들어 죽음의 순간을 맞이하는 것은 얼마나 수치스러운 일입니까." -세네카, "인생의 짧음에 대하여", 20.2)
Every few years, a sad spectacle is played out in the news. An old millionaire, still lord of his business empire, is taken to court. Share-holders and family members go to court to argue that he is no longer mentally competent to make decisions-that the patriarch is not fit to run his own company and legal affairs. Because this powerful person refused to ever relinquish control or develop a succession plan, he is subjected to one of life's worst humiliations: the public exposure of his most private vulnerabilities.
We must not get so wrapped up in our work that we think we're immune from the reality of aging and life. Who wants to be the person who can never let go? Is there so little meaning in your life that your only pursuit is work until you're eventually carted off in a coffin? Take pride in your work. But it is not all.
몇 년마다, 뉴스에서는 슬픈 광경이 펼쳐집니다. 아직도 자신의 사업 제국을 지배하는 나이든 백만장자가 법정에 서게 됩니다. 주주들과 가족들은 그가 더 이상 정신적으로 결정할 능력이 없다고 주장하며 법정에 갑니다. 이...
