エセー02 「先の心配」「誤った標的」

(A soul anxious about the future is most vulnerable. Seneca)

A soul anxious about the future is most vulnerable. Seneca

(Folly, though he has gotten what he wanted, yet never thinks it has obtained enough.)

Folly, though he has gotten what he wanted, yet never thinks it has obtained enough.

(Wisdom is always content with the present and never displeased with itself. Cicero)

Wisdom is always content with the present and never displeased with itself. Cicero

(Epicurus dispenses his sage from foresight and concern for the future.)

Epicurus dispenses his sage from foresight and concern for the future.

(The soul is lost in itself unless we give it something to grasp. Plutarch says of those who love monkeys and)

The soul is lost in itself unless we give it something to grasp. Plutarch says of those who love monkeys and

(little dogs that the functions of love lacking a legitimate object forges a false and frivolous one.)

little dogs that the functions of love lacking a legitimate object forges a false and frivolous one.

(We see that the soul in its passions will deceive itself by setting up a false and fantastical object.)

We see that the soul in its passions will deceive itself by setting up a false and fantastical object.

(Animals are carried away by their rage to attack the stone or the metal that has wounded them.)

Animals are carried away by their rage to attack the stone or the metal that has wounded them.

(What causes do we invent for the misfortunes that befall us? We place the blame elsewhere.)

What causes do we invent for the misfortunes that befall us? We place the blame elsewhere.

(Philosopher Bion says about a king who was tearing his hair for grief,)

Philosopher Bion says about a king who was tearing his hair for grief,

(Does this king think that baldness relieves grief?)

Does this king think that baldness relieves grief?