|
| hirundo wrote:
| "Death is our eternal companion. It is always to our left, an
| arm's length behind us. Death is the only wise adviser that a
| warrior has. Whenever he feels that everything is going wrong and
| he's about to be annihilated, he can turn to his death and ask if
| that is so. His death will tell him that he is wrong, that
| nothing really matters outside its touch. His death will tell
| him, I haven't touched you yet."
|
| -- Carlos Castaneda
| retrocryptid wrote:
| Is this some sort of comment on the goings-on at Twitter? ;-)
| 0xdeadbeefbabe wrote:
| Memento Musk
| gustavorg wrote:
| Exactly, I was wondering what OP's motivation is for reminding
| us of this.
| Yajirobe wrote:
| Well-paid software developers from first world countries for
| some reason do like stoicism.
| rfreytag wrote:
| The motivation is this interesting story... ' After a major
| military victory, the triumphant military generals were
| paraded through the streets to the roars of the masses. The
| ceremonial procession could span the course of a day with the
| military leader riding in a chariot drawn by four horses.
| There was not a more coveted honor. The general was idolized,
| viewed as divine by his troops and the public alike. But
| riding in the same chariot, standing just behind the
| worshipped general, was a slave. The slave's sole
| responsibility for the entirety of the procession was to
| whisper in the general's ear continuously, "Respice post te.
| Hominem te esse memento. Memento mori!"
|
| "Look behind. Remember thou art mortal. Remember you must
| die!"
|
| The slave served to remind the victor at the peak of glory,
| this god-like adoration would soon end, while the truth of
| his mortality remained. '
|
| That story is given here in the section titled "Romans":
| https://dailystoic.com/history-of-memento-mori/
| tricky wrote:
| In this case, 'sic transit gloria' is another good one.
| sort of means, fame is fleeting. Also, the title of a great
| post-hardcore song.
| pipeline_peak wrote:
| I remember this from reading A Series of Unfortunate Events
| sgloutnikov wrote:
| Someone has been listening to the Pivot podcast :)
| ar_lan wrote:
| I've long wanted to get a Memento Mori tattoo.
| tacheiordache wrote:
| Memento te crescere
| geoah wrote:
| Great x-files episode with said title.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_Mori_(The_X-Files)
| jacobmarble wrote:
| For me, this pairs well with Amor Fati.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_fati
| mcculley wrote:
| I use these images to remind me not to waste time on things like
| Facebook and Twitter. This makes me realize I should add Hacker
| News to the list.
| 5555624 wrote:
| "Stargate SG-1" had an episode with this title.
| https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Memento_Mori
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