[HN Gopher] Memento Mori
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       Memento Mori
        
       Author : rfreytag
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-11-16 16:16 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | 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. '
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           | 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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