The weekend arrived, and with the other proposal to analyze, issue an opinion and write about it. The phrase that corresponds to Marcus Aurelius is a statement loaded with great depth and certainty.
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"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts."
Marcus Aurelius
In life, everything that we can see, feel and touch, everything that was done by human beings had its origin in someone's mind, that is, it was first thought, planned and then brought to reality.
Now... When we read this expression, we must know that it is specifically referring to his ideas, the ideals of a person are what form his character and define his way of acting and conducting himself in society.
There are other sayings similar to this one that can reaffirm the accuracy of this one, for example: "From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" referring to the heart as the center of the emotions and the intellect of man, then, we can say that everything that a reflective person is a product of his stream of thought.
Now, it is precisely the way of thinking of some people and world leaders have marked history by executing actions that were born from their way of thinking and were recorded in history, some for the better and others with dire consequences.
In this sense we would mention characters like Hitler, Nelson Mandela, Mussolini, Gandi, Fidel Castro, Martin Luther King among others.
For reasons like these we must cultivate humanistic thoughts, ideas directed to the common good.
If we can understand that the first years of a person are decisive in the formation of character and philosophical, political or religious ideas are shaped at an early age, then we must try to create the necessary conditions to form men and women with pro-life and humanist thoughts.
All this confirming the statement of Marcus Aurelius, that the character of man is forged by what is in his mind, that everything that a person externalizes at some point, is what this person is in the way of thinking. of the.
I like your explanation and your interpretation. It's pretty similar to what I thought about this but I didn't write about this topic. For me I think it's like the mindset. If we keep having positive thoughts, the character we have will be positive and give us a positive soul which makes us a happy go lucky person i guess.
Hello, thank you for being here and sharing your opinion about it. yes, basically it is what it refers to is expanded, in my opinion.
I insist that most of us are shaped by our environment, so depending on the environment in which we grow up, it can be decisive in our way of thinking, our character and our personality.
Thank you!