Love the art which you have learnt, and take comfort i n it. Go 3 1through the remainder of your life in sincere commitment of allyour bein g t o th e gods , an d neve r makin g yoursel f tyran t o rslave to any man
Did he stick to this thought all his lefe?
as a Roman andas a man
Why does he wrote this? What is different?
Th e work s o fFortune ar e no t independen t o f Natur e o r th e spinnin g an dweaving togethe r o f th e thread s governe d b y Providence
Why does he replace name of God as "Nature", "Providence", "Fortune", "Universe"?
The work s o f th e god s ar e ful l o f providence
Did he believe in God?
Nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him.We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids,like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work in oppositionto on e anothe r i s agains t nature : an d ange r o r rejectio n i sopposition.
Reading this Books may we call him a good emperor? Human?
Therefor e I cannot b e harmed b y any of them, as none will infect m e withtheir wrong.
May we make conclusion that emperor was insecure?
Sa y t o yoursel f first thin g i n th e morning : toda y I shal l mee tpeople wh o ar e meddling , ungrateful , aggressive , treacherous ,malicious, unsocial
Why does he write it? For whom was written this 12 Books?
I am the way, sustainer, lord,witness, shelter, refuge, friend,source, dissolution, stability,treasure, and unchanging seed.
Who gave him this characteristics?
I am the rite, the sacrifice,the libation for the dead, the healing herb,the sacred hymn, the clarified butter,the fire, the oblation.
Is he represented as a God?
In single-minded dedication, great soulsdevote themselves to my divine nature,knowing me as unchanging,the origin of creatures.
According to the lines, does Bhagavad Gita mean that the main sense of life is to serve to him?
elephant
How and why did they use elephants?
See that vile one who will never see the face of good fortune: he chooses ease for himself and abandons his wife and child to hardship
What does it say about Babur's principles?
expedition to Hindustan,
What is a result of expedition?
expedition to Hindustan,
Why did he make expedition to Hindustan?
Ali Masjid.
For whom was written Baburnama? There are a lot of names and names of cities, may be he wrote it for himself, because does not explain who they are?
A day or two later, while camped at Bigram, I had an attack of the rhume, which led to a fever and a cough. Every time I coughed I hemor-rhaged. I realized where the admonition was from and what I had done to deserve this suffering
What was the admonition and why does he deserve suffering?
On Wednesday
Why does Babur specify the day of week?
Description of Fergana
Why does he write description it details about every province?
aptism
How his being baptist reflected in his life or in his words?
The house of my soul is too small for you to enter:
What does he mean? Why did he say that? May be his belief is not true, or he thinks that he does not deserve to consider a noble man?
Woe is me!
What does he mean?
Who will grant me rest in you? To whom shall I appeal for you to come into my heart and so intoxicate it that I forget what is bad in myself and embrace you, my one good?
Why Augustine asks many questions? Does he want to get answers?
I was invited to a wedding banquet
How did he know about wedding banquet?
Eat the bread, Enkidu, essential to life, drink the ale, the lot of the land
Why did there exactly this food and drink?
-Shamhat
What was a role of Shamhat? Was she important?
For seven days and seven nights
Does it make sense? From ancient times number 7 was sacred and mystery. After 7 days Enkidu had become a man.
While the two of them together were making love, he forgot the wild where he was born
Why did it happen? Sumerians thought that sex makes people weaker, doesn't it?
I shall make him your equal
Why did "equal" mean to be equal in power? Because emotionally Enkidu was wiser.
My son, the axe you saw is a friend, like a wife you'll love him
Why did she compare love to friend with a love to wife?
but 1 could not dislodge it
They were equal, why was in the dream Enkidu stronger?
he stars of the heavens
Why was this chosen to represent Enkidu?
Gilgamesh in Uruk was seeing you in dreams
People were very superstitious and dreams were like prophecy to them. After all, Gilgamesh had several dreams about Enkidu.
sinfu
What meant a sin for Sumerian?
He has a strength more mighty than yours, unsleeping he is by day and by night
Why does shy say this? Is it true? In the beginning was mentioned that Enkidu is equal Gilgamesh?
I will challenge him, for [my strength] is mighty
Why does he want to challenge him? Does he want to prove his being mighty?
You are handsome, Enkidu, you are just like a god
Why did she begin with praise?
Enkidu was weakened, could not run as before, but now he had reason, and wide understanding
There Enkidu became weaker but wiser. Why and how did it happened?
bare your sex, let him take in your charms!
What was a role of sex in Sumerian's time?
Go, hunter, take with you Shamhat the harlot!
Shamhat is sent to Enkidu. Why does passion come to the fore and nothing is said about love?
Shamhat the harlot!
In the epic is only one woman as a character. Why Shamhat? Does it say something about role of woman?
Go, hunter, take with you Shamhat the harlot!
Why did they sent harlot? What can it say about Sumerians?
opened [his mouth] to speak, saying
This kind of repetitions are very common. Why? What can it say about their language? (so it being poor or rich)
he knows not a people, nor even a country
Why did Gods create him and leave? Why did not they explain him about the world?
took a pinch of clay, threw it down in the wild
Gilgamesh had a parents, Enkidu was created with clay. Why is there different of origination? Does it make sense?
took a pinch of clay
Can we judge the climate and nature in Uruk from these lines?
[she it was created them,] mankind so numerous: [let her create the equal of Gilgamesh,
Why did they created Enkidu?
equal of Gilgamesh
Why did they decide to create equal of Gilgamesh? They could make more powerful hero.
Gilgamesh lets no son go free to his father
He was mostly God, why did he do this actions?
He has no equal when his weapons are brandished
Was Gilgamesh an example of an ideal man in Uruk?
handsome
It was important for a man to be strong in society, but why is it often written here that he is handsome? Is it important? What can we say about the culture of the Sumerians?
Six cubits was his stride
Why for Summerians was very important strength and sizes?
two-thirds of him god and one third human
Why Gilgamesh was created exactly with this proportions?
two-thirds of him god and one third human
Originally Gilgamesh was more God but why emotionally he was more human?
wild bull
Why did they compare Gilgamesh with a wild bull? Why bull?
Deluge
what was the significance of the Deluge that it is used to refer to a time frame?
Gilgamesh, who] saw the Deep, the country's foundation, [who] knew ... , was wise in all matters
Gilgamesh made a lot of mistakes, he also has never been a good king but why is he called there as "wise is all matters"?
would be my father
Earlier he compared God with his mother, and now he is saying that God became as a father figure. What did belief mean for him?
except for my father alone.
Why is he only mentioning his father now? What does this say about his relationship with his father?
confessing you, Lord Jesus, for the forgiveness of sins
Why is he confessing? Only for the forgiveness of sins?
I begged for the baptism of your Christ
We have known that Augustine is a Baptist. Religion always influences culture, but how did Augustine be influenced by being a Baptist?
And did the teacher who beat me act any differently?
If Augustine visit psychologist, what would he tell about his childhood, his parents and God?
And yet I sinned, Lord God,
How did Augustine detects was sin is?
I would use as an adult to play a much more depraved game.
What does it mean? What he wanted to say using word "depraved game"? Is it about sexual actions or he means other sins that people have?
But when adults waste their time, they call it “busi-ness,” whereas when children do such things, they are punished
Which tone in this sentence? Does this say anything about Augustine's childhood?
neither my mother nor my nurses filled their own breasts, but you, through them, provided the nourishment of my infancy
Why does he compare God with mother? What it can say about his belief in God.
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
Why does Augustine think his soul should be saved?
And what have we said, my God, my life, my holy sweetness?
How does Augustine perceive God? As a friend, mentor, or supervisor?
And human beings want to praise you—they who are just a portion of your creation, who carry around their mortality, who carry around the evidence of their own sin and the evidence that you resist the proud
God created people, and people are proud, stupid and make mistakes. Is this fair to people and is it not a condemnation of God for creating us like this?
who carry around their mortality, who carry around the evidence of their own sin and the evidence that you resist the proud.
Why does Augustine describe people this way? Does he despise people?
Great are you, Lord, and highly to be praised. Great is your power, and your wisdom is beyond measure. And human beings want to praise you—they who are just a portion of your creation, who carry around their mortality, who carry around the evidence of their own sin and the evidence that you resist the proud. And yet human beings, this portion of your creation, want to praise you. You rouse them to take delight in praising you: for you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it comes to rest in you
why did he begin the confession by praising God? Is he hoping for his mercy or is it customary in his religion?
Lord, and highly to be praised
Why is he confessing to the God?
Augustine struggles to find words by which to fulfill the deep desire of the human heart to praise God, just as the infant Augustine will struggle to find words to express the desires of his body—the Latin word for infancy, infantia, is literally “speechlessness
How did this fact affect his life in future? And why expressing his emotions was important for him?