Aphorism #167 Know how to take your own Part.

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Aphorism #167 Know how to take your own Part.

In great crises there is no better companion than a bold heart, and if it becomes weak it must be strengthened from the neighbouring parts. Worries die away before a man who asserts himself. One must not surrender to misfortune, or else it would become intolerable. Many men do not help themselves in their troubles, and double their weight by not knowing how to bear them. He that knows himself knows how to strengthen his weakness, and the wise man conquers everything, even the stars in their courses.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=9sriAatJ_jY:Kv0e7F1aGDU:yIl2A UoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ArtOfWorldlyWisdom?a=9sriAatJ_jY:Kv0e7F1aGDU:qj6ID K7rITs)
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This of course doesn't apply very much to our day and age. Obviously Balthasar was talking to a pre-eminent elite caught up in unresolvable situations and platonic understandings. Today we know that knowing oneself is not possible. Others know more about ourselves than anyone does. The Barroque was overcome by people like Balthasar more from what he didn't say than what he said. Probably more by his teacher, Seneca, except for the stupidity of the social contract. The other main forces in the Barroque were Quevedo and Gongora (the imagist).