[HN Gopher] Memento Mori ___________________________________________________________________ Memento Mori Author : rfreytag Score : 32 points Date : 2022-11-16 16:16 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org) (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org) | 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 ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-17 23:00 UTC)