How to Grieve by Marcus Tullius Cicero;

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2022-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

HEROIC AND SAINTLY MODELS ARE INSPIRING

And since I’m chasing down everything important or worth knowing on this topic (or trying to, anyway), I must also address the number and different forms of greatness that have been canonized in a bid to inspire and uplift humankind. The goal of those efforts is public improvement, to impress on people that they too can hope to attain those honors if they achieve the same kind of greatness.

[204] On that topic, a great deal of good lies in imitation. A lot of people willingly seek out and imitate the actions they see as responsible for others getting the things they want themselves. Hence, it frequently happens that modeling themselves on great men awakens a sense of heroism for many, and in many situations they’d never even thought about before; and once heroism starts pumping, needless to say, it makes rapid gains in progress and musculature.

[205] You see, it’s common knowledge that virtually all great things start from small beginnings. Step-by-step imitation is what gradually bolsters and develops them to a point where they cannot rise or increase further.

Hence, if there’s any area where we should endorse imitation, I can’t see any more worthy for embracing and developing a sense of greatness. It’s what the choices that shape our lives depend on, and when it’s properly inculcated and fostered, the benefits and accumulative advantages that it bears—justice, integrity, and glory—are beyond description.

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