Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
The Aztecs would argue that luck plays a much larger role in our successes and failures, even in our moral successes, than most of us in the "West” generally recognize. The world is simply too complex and too unpredictable for luck not to play a significant role. We come into life "unbalanced," unprepared to avoid falling. It is for this reason
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Cicero — the Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher — on the power of nature and knowledge:
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
3-2-1: On the best type of risk, three keys to improvement, and the purest form of generosity
Cicero's "Paradoxa Stoicorum" (Stoic Paradoxes)
Only the morally good is truly good - Virtue is the only genuine good, while things like wealth, health, and pleasure are morally indifferent.
Virtue is sufficient for happiness - A person who possesses virtue has everything necessary for a happy life, regardless of external circumstances.
All sins are