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Like most ancient Romans, the Stoics took it for granted that they had a fate. More precisely, they believed in the existence of three goddesses known as the Fates. Each of these goddesses had a job: Clotho wove life, Lachesis measured it, and Atropos cut it. Try as they might, people could not escape the destiny chosen for them by the Fates.4 For
... See moreWilliam B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
The latin word finis has two meanings: the end or the finish, and a goal to reach. A man who could not see the end of his “provisional existence” was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life. He ceased living for the future, in contrast to a man in normal life.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
One of the characteristics of fate is its predictability. Those of us who do not believe in fate or oracles might think that the future is unpredictable. To some extent this is true, but there is a greater measure of predictability in life than most people realize. Prediction is possible wherever there are structures, for structure determines funct
... See moreDr. Alexander Lowen M.D. • Fear of Life: The Wisdom of Failure
Fate is more like an intention that is woven into the fabric of our being. Michael
Sandra Easter • Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web
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La fortune… C’est amusant comme choix de mot. Tu sais qu’étymologiquement fortune vient du latin fortuna, le sort, la chance ? Mais c’est aussi un des mots les plus polysémiques qui existent : il est synonyme de richesse, comme de hasard, comme de bonheur. Intéressant non ?
