The Art of Living
In HST we are reading Epictetus' The Art of Living. It is basically a self-help book from the Roman Empire. It is full of short pieces of advice. Here are some the the headings:
Know What You Can Control and What You Can't
Accept Events As They Come
Approach Life As a Banquet
Everything Happens For a Good Reason
Self Mastery Depends on Self-Honesty
Avoid Casual Sex (hehe)
Take Care of Your Body
Good Is Good
posted by Jenn at 4:34 PM
7 Comments:
yeah i read that book that you lent me...and i disagree with it of course, but his logic is interesting.
9/25/2005 07:59:00 PM
yeah. i guess those guys probably never really gave those speeches. plato just made them all up. the book was really just written for the socrates part. plato wanted to get socrates' message out there.
9/25/2005 08:46:00 PM
i finished this new book... it is very repetative. it basically says that we should only worry about what we can control and that is only ourselves.
9/27/2005 10:38:00 AM
yup ( read brideshead it is better...lol)
9/28/2005 04:35:00 PM
this brideshead book is strange... no... lacking of strange... it reminds me of the stories in that british lit book about being on boats... only these guys r in the army. i'm only in the begining... i will read on...
9/28/2005 05:34:00 PM
yeah the beginning confused me until the end, just keep reading it will get better...when charles flashes back to his college years.
9/28/2005 07:48:00 PM
hmm ok
9/28/2005 08:21:00 PM
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