This is How the Spartans Can Inspire You
It isn't positions which lend men distinction, but men who enhance positions.
You’ve probably watched the movie 300 as directed by Zack Snyder. The Spartans were known for their courage, endurance and excellence in battle. Because of this valour, they inspired the Stoics to handle the delicate task of securing tranquility, eudaemonia, and freedom with a warlike weightiness for much was at stake.
Seneca wrote,
"History relates the story of the famous Spartan, a mere boy who, when he was taken a prisoner, kept shouting in his native Doric, 'I shall not be a slave!' He was as good as his word. The first time he was ordered to perform a slave's task (his actual orders were to fetch a disgusting chamber pot), he dashed his head against a wall and cracked his skull open. Freedom is as near as that — is anyone really a slave? Would you not rather your own son died like that than lived by reason of spinelessness to an advanced age? Why be perturbed about death when even a child can meet it bravely?".
You don’t have to go to that extreme…
