Roman Virtues, Values & Prayers: Healthy mind in a Healthy Body


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So what were the values of the whites of the Roman Empire? Here is a poem from Roman times and this commentary also on what the Ancient Greeks also believed. Notice the suggestion that even a long life is not worth praying for. It is more important what you do with your life. We’ll return to Roman virtues.

Just a note: In our modern world we’re dealing with Jews who are a perfect example of a people with unhealthy minds who have unhealthy bodies. These sick people should in no way be a guiding light for any whites. They are a filth we can do without. Jan]

Mens sana in corpore sano is a Latin phrase, usually translated as “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. The phrase is widely used in sporting and educational contexts to express the theory that physical exercise is an important or essential part of mental and psychological well-being.

History

The phrase comes from Satire X of the Roman poet Juvenal (10.356). It is the first in a list of what is desirable in life:

English translation:

You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Ask for a stout heart that has no fear of death,
and deems length of days the least of Nature’s gifts
that can endure any kind of toil,
that knows neither wrath nor desire and thinks
the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than
the loves and banquets and downy cushions of Sardanapalus.
What I commend to you, you can give to yourself;
For assuredly, the only road to a life of peace is virtue.
In original Latin:

orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.
fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem,
qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat
naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores,
nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores
Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores
et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli.
monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare; semita certe
tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.
—Roman poet Juvenal (10.356-64)

Traditional commentators believe that Juvenal’s intention was to teach his fellow Roman citizens that in the main, their prayers for such things as long life are misguided. That the gods had provided man with virtues which he then lists for them.

Over time and separated from its context, the phrase has come to have a range of meanings. It can be construed to mean that only a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body, or equally that only a healthy body can produce or sustain a healthy mind. Its most general usage is to express the hierarchy of needs: with physical and mental health at the root.

An earlier, similar saying is attributed to the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales:

??? ????????, “? ?? ??? ???? ?????, ??? ?? ????? ???????, ??? ?? ????? ???????????”
What man is happy? “He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind and a docile nature.”[1]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_sana_in_corpore_sano



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