2011-09-16, 00:21
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Citat:
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly (agreeing neither to harm nor be harmed), and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life. Wisely, at least for Epicurus, would be avoidance of pain, danger, disease, etc.; well would be proper diet and exercise; justly, in the Golden Rules sense of not harming others because you do not want to be harmed.
Om vi nu ser till det moderna samhllet och allt dess kaos, hur ska vi applicera Epicurus gyllene regel p detta? Har hans ord ngon relevans idag? Bortsett frn hans motpol Zeno of Citium s freslr han att man ska leva sitt liv s vist som mjligt. Man skall allts undvika att skada ngon annan, som i sin tur gr att den andre inte skadar dig. Men i detta samhllet r hans formel en omjlighet.
Vad skulle behva gras fr att applicera den gyllene regeln? Har Zeno of Citium rtt nr han pstr att:
Citat:
Stoicism argues that mental peace must be acquired out of your own will not to let anything upset you. Death is a necessity, so why feel depressed when someone dies? Depression doesnt help. It only hurts. Why get enraged over something? The rage will not result in anything good. And so, in controlling ones emotions, a state of mental peace is brought about. Of importance is to shun desire: you may strive for what you need, but only that and nothing more. What you want will lead to excess, and excess doesnt help, but hurts.
r det denna generella tankegng som gett upphov till dagens samhlle och dess vrderingar? En slags nihilism, en knsla av att man inte behver vara arg ver ngot fr det kommer att ske inom sinom tid nd. Hur br man vnda skutan fr att komma ver p Epicurus sida? Finns det ngon generell vilja? Vad skulle vara frdelarna?
Skapar Citiums regler verkligen mentalt lugn? Fungerar det nu?