[Image] From the 5th book of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, here’s a little motivation from arguably the greatest and noblest emperor in the history of Rome.
If you never meet your enemies halfway, you never acknowledge them as an equal, thus they have no obligation to do so either. No peaceful progress can ever be made. Only perpetual war until one side is destroyed. Like “Earth and water” in 300. I don’t think Marcus believed in slaughtering an enemy for the sake of pride, only out of necessity.
![image showing [Image] From the 5th book of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, here’s a little motivation from arguably the greatest and noblest emperor in the history of Rome.](56b013fa-15b4-51a7-9955-d0d8ab088e61.jpg)
Platypus211 on December 11st, 2017 at 03:53 UTC »
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love..."
I love Meditations, so happy to see it mentioned here. It really changed my perspective on a lot of things.
thelonghauls on December 11st, 2017 at 04:24 UTC »
If you never meet your enemies halfway, you never acknowledge them as an equal, thus they have no obligation to do so either. No peaceful progress can ever be made. Only perpetual war until one side is destroyed. Like “Earth and water” in 300. I don’t think Marcus believed in slaughtering an enemy for the sake of pride, only out of necessity.
onlythebaressentials on December 11st, 2017 at 04:48 UTC »
It's kind of trippy having one of Rome's greatest emperors telling me to get my ass out of bed.