See Mark Steiner,“Rabbi Yisrael Salanter asaJewish Philosopher,”TheTorah u-MaddaJournal9(2000):42–57.On philosophyasawayoflife, see PierreHadot,What is Ancient Philosophy?(Cambridge,Mass.:HarvardUniversity Press,2002)and his collection of essays,idem,Philosophy asaWay of Life(Ox-ford:...
37.According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life. 38.Ancient Philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today. 39.Not all your business partners are your soul mates. 40.We can live a peacefu...
‘the evil of the highest velocity,’ envisaged as a shameless surveillance she-monster whose body is pocked all over with ‘vigilant eyes’. Batesingles out Epicurusas the crucial influence — homing in on ‘the Epicurean precept that would have been the perfect motto for Shakespeare: “HIDE ...
So if you were to ask a philosopher, "How can I be happy when I can't afford a Smeg fridge?" then he might, if he were of an Epicurean bent, have said, "By curbing your desires so you don't want a Smeg fridge any more." If he were a Stoic, he might have suggested, that...
Diogeneswould not have beenaphilosopher in his account.”Obviously, Diderot is not interested in the actualreality of blind people’sperception here.Instead, he triesto conceive the blind man as an embodi-ment of the aspirations of enlightenment: freedom from moral and aesthetic prejudices. ...
But far from its promotion of a healthy work ethic, carpe diem actually means the opposite: for Epicureans like Horatius, living in the moment, taking your time and slowing, these are what make life worth living, not toiling away at your job. In fact, the complete line is: Carpe diem...
Epicurus,afamouceGreekphilosopherandthefounderoftheEpicureans,whobelievethattheaimoflifeispursuinghappiness.Hethinkitcanmakeapositiveinfluenceonus.Andherearemanyotherpeoplewhoholdthesameviewsastheir.Now,let'staketheLamarck---theFrenchbiologist,forexample.Lamarckwasinterestinhiswork,andthoughtitisakindoffun.Heto...
it looks rather that an infidel as to this doctrine is intended, one of those Epicureans, who said,1 Corinthians 15:32"let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die"; or some Heathen philosopher, a mere natural man, that rejected this doctrine because not agreeable to his carnal reason, an...
Unexpectedly, and going on a decade*, Duke University has been building a somewhat unruly, vaguely feral and decidedly Epicurean--let's just call it "libidinous"--reputation in the popular media. First, it was Tom Wolfe's 2004 novel 'I Am Charlotte Simmons', exploring the hookup culture ...
And that, he notes, is a life worth living. 选出与该句匹配的段落:According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life. 点击查看答案 第8题 Golden Rules of Negotiating The art of negotiating is a difficult skill for most of us , ...