Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego
Amante da sabedoria é a tradução literal de "filósofo", que tem sua origem em filosofia, do Lat. philosophia ou do Gr. philosophía, "amor ao saber", segundo o dicionário on line Priberam. Esse blog foi criado com a finalidade de compartilhar com todos minhas viagens por livros, textos e ensaios filosóficos que de alguma forma me despertam para outras realidades...
segunda-feira, setembro 29
Receita para uma vida simples
quarta-feira, setembro 17
IF we will live simply and wisely
“ For myself I found that the occupation of a day-laborer was the most independent of any, especially as it required only thirty or forty days in a year to support one. The laborer’s day ends with the going down of the sun, and he is then free to devote himself to his chosen pursuit, independent of his labor; but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from one end of the year to the other. In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one’s self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; ”
Thoreau, Walden
The whole of my winters, as well as most of my summers
“ For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labor of my hands, and I found that, by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living. The whole of my winters, as well as most of my summers, I had free and clear for study.”
Thoreau, Walden
terça-feira, setembro 9
but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings
“ While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings. ”
Thoreau, Walden
sábado, setembro 6
Eu sou algo mais
Seneca, Cartas a Lucílio, epístola 65
segunda-feira, setembro 1
To be a philosopher is ...
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. It is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.”
Thoreau, Walden