My grandmother’s generation (born in 1920’s) lived through the great depression when she was 10, fought in world war II when she was 20, build a house and a family by 30 and went on to be one of the most successful, virtuous, happy and wealthy generations in history.ġ8-year-old men used to storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in World War II with bullets flying past their faces in the name of service and freedom to their families while today’s 18 year olds need “cry spaces” because their feelings are hurt. Like the poem says: weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men. In 2016 a strong leader like Donald Trump gets elected in response to a prolonged time of weakness and weak men and people cry in the streets and protest. If you’re serious about defeating weakness and developing a modern warrior spirit then this book is a must-read: He has an absense of bodily pain and we now have “safe spaces” and “cry spaces” on campuses to validate our generation’s weak emotional fortitude. He is the most educated that a young man has ever been in history with little action taken to use his education to to reach his potential in life. He has limited desire and ambition and in effect, must live modestly. His personal happiness comes first above all else. Our birth rates are down and costs of living are high, so traditional families are in decline. Today’s young man between 20-30 is drowning in pleasure through video games and pornography, he will not have a serious or real relationship with a woman to make a family or bear children until late in life or perhaps ever. We are indeed living in a time of weak men who create hard times. Where pleasure, personal happiness, limited desire, modest living, knowledge without action, tranquility, absense of bodily pain and hedonism take over, a weak man is born.Īs a millenial, I can say that my generation is certainly Epicurean in nature. The combination of these two states constitutes happiness in its highest form… Epicureanism is a form of hedonism – Source Wikipedia This would lead one to attain a state of tranquility (ataraxia) and freedom from fear as well as an absence of bodily pain (aponia). That what he called “pleasure” was the greatest good, but that the way to attain such pleasure was to live modestly, to gain knowledge of the workings of the world, and to limit one’s desires. In contrast Epicurean values stem from Epicurus and he believed: To the stoics, virtue was more important than happiness in life. To have wisdom, justice, courage and moderation is to be strong where one will defer his or her own happiness and pleasure for virtue. The Stoics elaborated a detailed taxonomy of virtue, dividing virtue into four main types: wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation. Strength and success are born out of stoic values. “A nation is born a stoic and dies an epicurean” Will Durant Unfortunately, in November 2016, I believe that we are in the “weak men create hard times” part of the cycle. The circle of life, what goes up, must come down. Today I read a short poem online, it read:
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