Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

-Fyodor Dostoyevsky (notes from the underground)

Because we are food for worms lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.

John Keating | Dead Poets Society

Carpe diem!

The oracle told him to beware the ides

What a risky move
I just bought the book without seeing its cover

Thread;
One Latin word [phrase] a day

Carpe diem
car·pe di·em
/ˈkarpə ˈdiːɛm,cárpe díem/
Seize the day
اغتنم اليوم أو استغِلَّه

“ Seizing the day is making the most out of it “

“Study the science of art; study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
| Leonardo da Vinci

bad advice
we as humans are pretty great at pattern seeking you'll go insane if you apply it to everything
conspiracy theorists flat earther typa shenanigans

i should clarify I'm talking about making connections

i should also clarify that da Vinci is one of my favorite historical characters

Cogito ergo sum
[ˈkoːɡitoː ˈɛrɡoː ˈsʊm]
I think, therefore I am.

I mean, at this point, everyone has heard of that phrase at least once.
أنا أفكِّر إذن أنا موجود.

Some argued that the phrase was poorly translated into English and that it means thinking is being
But I'm no expert and never had any Latin classes.

To consume literature

let me have a go at it

cogito is usually used to refer to consciousness which then would be the root for the word cognition, but in some sort of context the phrase implies that it does mean thinking because in the meditation Descartes wasn't tryin prove he exist he was more inclined to proving that he was thinking his own thoughts

which would be the basis of him grounding all his beliefs