Smart_Routines_With_Enthusiasm
Posted on 11/05/2016. Last edited on 10/09/2025.
Just wanted to share some food for thought. Philosophy can help you deal with problems and live happier lives.
Facing Hard Times, What would Aristotle do
Epicurus, or What Makes People Happy
What gives you peace and makes you happy? Plato said that most people don’t think, but, they should think, really, really think about their problems and what matters to them. Not passively thinking, but, really thinking.
Awesome thread! And what a great video (and ones avail which follow) to learn from! What gives you peace and makes you happy?
Wonderful questions! Thanks SRWE!
BE YOU
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Marcus Twain
Posted on 16/05/2016. Last edited on 28/04/2017.
Plato
not playdo that is the silly puddy stuff from childhood.
Once you get to know Twain, you’ll never be the same.
The enterprize
Posted on 16/05/2016.
In response to Smart_Routines_With_Enthusiasm’s post:
Aristotle,would probably do a google search for comedy or comedians.
enter the heart , you could win a prize
The enterprize
Posted on 06/07/2017. Last edited on 07/10/2017.
https://youtu.be/D9tP9fI2zbE
enter the heart , you could win a prize
The enterprize
Posted on 06/07/2017.
In response to Placid Lake's post:
Once upon a time, Seinfeld was a little boy
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The enterprize
Posted on 23/09/2017. Last edited on 08/10/2017.
enter the heart , you could win a prize
The enterprize
Posted on 30/09/2017. Last edited on 07/10/2017.
enter the heart , you could win a prize
Marcus Twain
Posted on 18/12/2023.
Aristotle would add this guys channel, or not
Once you get to know Twain, you’ll never be the same.
Marcus Twain
Posted on 10/09/2025.
ARISTOTLE WOULD BUY MANY CASES OF WATER AND HIBERNATE.
Once you get to know Twain, you’ll never be the same.
Aristotle would say this is work of becoming who you truly are …a life formed by practice, balance, and wise choice.
He’d say you are training virtues: gratitude, tenderness, courage, curiosity .., not by grand declarations but by the small, steady acts that turn learned helplessness into passion.
That steady work is how habits become character.
He’d desire you to hold each quality in the right measure: gratitude that strengthens, not numbs; bravery that’s tempered by good sense ; tenderness that honors your dignity.
Things spoken act as reminders are our practice of practical action …the practical wisdom that tells you what to do in the changing moment.
Grief, in his view, isn’t an obstacle to flourishing but a profound emphasis on one’s development or room in the soul where virtues grow;
let it evolve there without trying to banish it
Let life thrill you Let activity that lights you up be the essence of your existence
Place your capacities in a place to meet your purpose, the kind of doing that makes flourishing common practice.
A Plato word eudaemonia
Plato would say:
keep your cues/signals- they are teaching you/ don’t overly label or try to understand everything
keep your small practices, and keep choosing what deepens you.
That is living well
BE YOU
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
