Marko Aurelije je formulisao tri životna pravila, inspirisan Epiktetom:
- Disciplina predstave i suda (eng. judgment/ assent)
- Disciplina aktivnog nagona i delanja (eng. action)
- Disciplina želje (eng. desire)
*Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge
“There are three things in which a man ought to exercise himself who would be wise and good. The first concerns the desires and the aversions, that a man may not fail to get what he desires, and that he may not fall into that which he does not desire. The second concerns the movements (toward) and the movements from an object, and generally in doing what a man ought to do, that he may act according to order, to reason, and not carelessly. The third thing concerns freedom from deception and rashness in judgement, and generally it concerns the assents.” (Discourses, III.2)
Filozofija kod stoika, da se podsetimo, ne služi samo u teorijske svrhe, već i praktične- da se primeni, vežba i usavršava. Samo tako ona može biti od koristi.
“Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance—now at this very moment—of all external events. That’s all you need.”
— Marcus Aurelius
Detaljnije: Pierre Hadot’s The Inner Citadel (1998). https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Citadel-Meditations-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0674461711
