Filosophy Fridays for your Saturday mornings - only here on The Daily Quota.
We've all heard those proverbs advising us to live life while we can - carpe diem, 'it's not how many breaths you take but moments that tae your breath away', and more recently, YOLO.
Ah proverbs - the memes of the pre-information age.
However, before all of these pro-life quotes, humanity had one reminder that has echoed throughout Western culture;
From its ancient Roman use as an anti-hubris instrument, to its romanticism in the Renaissance, this term has evolved with each generation - and why not; it'll never get old!
READ IT HERE
We've all heard those proverbs advising us to live life while we can - carpe diem, 'it's not how many breaths you take but moments that tae your breath away', and more recently, YOLO.
Ah proverbs - the memes of the pre-information age.
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momento mori - 'remember that you will die'Today's Daily Quota is a brief history of that term, and a recognition of its employment in culture.
From its ancient Roman use as an anti-hubris instrument, to its romanticism in the Renaissance, this term has evolved with each generation - and why not; it'll never get old!
READ IT HERE
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