Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
"It is high time for thee to understand the true nature
both of the world, whereof thou art a part; and of that Lord and Governor of the world, from whom, as a channel from the spring, thou thyself didst flow: and that there is but a certain limit of time appointed unto thee, which if thou shalt not make use of to calm and allay the many distempers of thy soul, it will pass away and thou with it, and never after return."
Perhaps the most iconic work of Stoic philosophy, "Meditations" was written by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD. It is believed that his work was never meant to be published, but only to serve as notes and reminders to himself about the nature of man, his responsibilities, his trials and tribulations.
This version has been translated by J. Boulton and David Widger and has been sourced via Project Gutenberg.
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"It is high time for thee to understand the true nature
both of the world, whereof thou art a part; and of that Lord and Governor of the world, from whom, as a channel from the spring, thou thyself didst flow: and that there is but a certain limit of time appointed unto thee, which if thou shalt not make use of to calm and allay the many distempers of thy soul, it will pass away and thou with it, and never after return."
Perhaps the most iconic work of Stoic philosophy, "Meditations" was written by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD. It is believed that his work was never meant to be published, but only to serve as notes and reminders to himself about the nature of man, his responsibilities, his trials and tribulations.
This version has been translated by J. Boulton and David Widger and has been sourced via Project Gutenberg.
Download the .PDF at @SATOSH.EE :
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius – Satoshee
"What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party."
The Bitcoin whitepaper as published in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.
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"Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
The quintessential ethos of cypherpunks in an eloquent essay by Eric Hughes, published in 1993.
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Artists/writers/coders can propose what they would create for 200k+ sats for the Public Domain. #nostr users, 
Open Source Culture represents the simple idea that ideas are free. That information yearns to be free. We acknowledge that copyright laws are unsuitable for a world that’s highly digitized; where content and information are, and should be, abundant and readily available for anyone.
The goal of the Open Source Culture initiative is to support and facilitate the creation, distribution and remixing/re-using/re-imagining of any artform that can be stored and distributed in a digital manner (i.e. books, essays, music, photos, code, video, etc.) without copyright restrictions.
The Open Source Culture Fund will be used to commission new artworks to be created and released into the public domain.
This will be done in three ways:
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