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That's not exactly the purpose Stoics do that AFAIK.

One of the objectives is to appreciate what you have right now and stopping this urge that we have in today's society to always get more.

If you stop and really think about how bad it would be to live without your eyesight, for example, you can appreciate even the smallest things we take for granted.

It's not supposed to be a "carpe diem" thing.



> carpo#Latin

> Compare Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) and κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English harvest, sharp, shear.

Carpe diem totally fits; You just have to consider that an optimum can be approached from two sides, ie the right time to harvest, neither too soon nor too late. In another sense it might mean the day is ripe, I guess. But it's not cape diem, not take the day away.


I always see this expression being used as some kind of "live life to the fullest" context. Which is what I think is wrong.

Never went after the etymology of it, interesting how it has nothing to do with "seize the day" as I originally thought.




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