Take It Easy (CBS Sunday Morning)

    Posting for discussion, but I felt this piece on CBS Sunday Morning hit some valuable Epicurean themes. The worship of productivity and the virtue signaling of unceasing activity are opposed to an Epicurean attitude of rest and activity, at least from my perspective.

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    VS11 - Translation and Commentary: VS 11

    τῶν πλείστων ἀνθρώπων τὸ μὲν ἡσυχάζον ναρκᾷ, τὸ δὲ κινούμενον λυττᾷ.

    This is an interesting fragment. It's import, at least for me, was not initially apparent. Then I read the other thread in this topic and became intrigued. If we dive into the original Greek, we find some interesting things. To take the first phrase:

    τῶν πλείστων ἀνθρώπων

    simply means "the greatest number of people" or "the majority of people." So, what we're going to be discussing are most people, not a select few, i.e., not…
    Don
    March 12, 2020 at 12:28 AM

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