Soipsism

http://www.indopedia.org/Solipsism.html

Cull your side! And try not to break out into paroxysm while being frustrated with the idiot who disagrees with you. And don't bilk yourself by creating a short answer. Just exude your opinion!

Wondering what that was about? I had to use four of my vocab. words for an assignment here. I bet you can guess which ones they are.

You Will Be Forgotten

In a little while you will have forgotten everything; in a little while everything will have forgotten you. -Marcus Aurelius

Shall we relate this quote to the importance or lack thereof of historians?

What is the Work of a Human Being?

The following is taken from chapter five of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

"In he morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? Or have I been made for this, to lie in the bed-clothes and keep myself warm?- But this is more pleasant.- Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion? Dost thou not see the little plants, the little birds, the ants, the spiders, the bees working together to put in order their several parts of the universe? And art thou unwilling to do the work of a human being, and dost thou not make haste to do that which is according to thy nature?- But it is necessary to take rest also.- It is necessary: however nature has fixed bounds to this too: she has fixed bounds both to eating and drinking, and yet thou goest beyond these bounds, beyond what is sufficient; yet in thy acts it is not so, but thou stoppest short of what thou canst do. So thou lovest not thyself, for if thou didst, thou wouldst love thy nature and her will. But those who love their several arts exhaust themselves in working at them unwashed and without food; but thou valuest thy own own nature less than the turner values the turning art, or the dancer the dancing art, or the lover of money values his money, or the vainglorious man his little glory. And such men, when they have a violent affection to a thing, choose neither to eat nor to sleep rather than to perfect the things which they care for. But are the acts which concern society more vile in thy eyes and less worthy of thy labour?"

What exactly is the work of a human being?

Nihilist: The Intellectually Honest Atheist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exiCcOcjbBY&feature=related

Discuss!