Dreams Of Dusk

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Marcus Aurelius was a king guided by the virtue of philosophy, marking him as the wisest king of Rome. A believer of Stoicism, Marcus believed in refining oneself through a course of action in one’s journey before reaching the end goal. This similar study shall serve as the sun to our essay’s solar system. In this essay we shall discuss the meaning of life, not as a goal, but as a journey — what it teaches, how it affects us, what is made of an individual out of it, and where comes the end point. When one views life as a collection of events, it is because they attempt to live in life through them, not for a specific end and this may take them to an uncertain place, but that marks the beauty of living life as a journey, because it sows seeds of experience in an individual — how one shall behave in certain situations, what are the facts to be considered, and other related qualities that arise in a...

“The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.” Socrates was a wise, virtuous intellect of Athens, Greece, mostly conducting his teachings through dialogue and charging absolutely nothing. He roamed the streets in fifth century, distributing knowledge like flowers, showering his thoughts of simplicity, fragmented by the attar of eternal effect. Simplicity is virtue. It’s a way of life, essence of thoughts. It’s a lens to view the world, the same lens through which one shall view themselves in mirror every dawn. In today’s essay, we shall explore the theme of simplicity, what difference it makes, and what lay before and beyond simplicity. At the very end, we shall know the evolution of simplicity, where it has made us stood. Truly sophisticated legends are always the simple ones, whether in lifestyle or behaviour. What one wears and how they dress up won’t make them stand out in a crowd, but how they carry themselves definitely will. For instance, let’s take an example of...