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Memento Mori: The Ancient Admonition The phrase Memento Mori—“Remember that you must die”—was once whispered to triumphant generals in Rome, lest victory blind them to the fate of all flesh. It is the most austere of counsels, yet the most necessary: to recall that every crown withers, every monument crumbles, and every man returns to dust. Far from a summons to despair, it is an exhortation to wisdom. He who keeps death before his eyes learns to prize what endures: virtue, discipline, and the labor of the soul. The vanity of wealth and station, the illusions of power, the follies of pride—all dissolve when weighed against the certainty of mortality. In this light, Memento Mori becomes not a dirge but a teacher. It reminds the philosopher to live nobly, the ruler to govern justly, and the craftsman to labor truly. For the hourglass runs without pause, and only by shaping our character aright may we carve something eternal from the fleeting stone of time. Thus the skull upon the table, the hourglass in the Lodge, the scythe in the old engravings—all are not symbols of terror, but of truth. To remember death is to begin to live.

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The phrase Memento Mori—“Remember that you must die”—was once whispered to triumphant generals in Rome, lest victory blind them to the fate of all flesh. It is the most austere of counsels, yet the most necessary: to recall that every crown withers, every monument crumbles, and every man returns to dust.

Far from a summons to despair, it is an exhortation to wisdom. He who keeps death before his eyes learns to prize what endures: virtue, discipline, and the labor of the soul. The vanity of wealth and station, the illusions of power, the follies of pride—all dissolve when weighed against the certainty of mortality.

In this light, Memento Mori becomes not a dirge but a teacher. It reminds the philosopher to live nobly, the ruler to govern justly, and the craftsman to labor truly. For the hourglass runs without pause, and only by shaping our character aright may we carve something eternal from the fleeting stone of time.

Thus the skull upon the table, the hourglass in the Lodge, the scythe in the old engravings—all are not symbols of terror, but of truth. To remember death is to begin to live.

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Tran Van Quyen(チャン・バン.クエン）

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移民反対や「外国人は出ていけ」と叫ぶ人たち。着ている服はバングラデシュ製、履いている靴はインドネシア製、手にしているスマホは中国製。手に持つ旗の棒も、たぶんベトナムの工場で作られたもの。マスクはフィリピン製、帽子はタイ製、そのメガネも韓国製かもしれない。デモの途中で飲んでいるペットボトルの水は、外国人労働者が仕分けしたかもしれない。お弁当の野菜や果物も、外国人の手によって育てられているかもしれない。そして家に帰れば―― 介護施設で自分の親の世話をしてくれているのも、外国人かもしれない。それでも彼らは叫ぶ。「外国人は出ていけ！」と。でも、本当は気づいているはずだ。外国人が出ていけば、自分の生活がどれほど貧しく、どれほど不便になってしまうのかを。排外主義は、愛国心の仮面をかぶった“無知”です。そして、その無知を支えているのは、他人に責任を押しつける“怠け心”です。 ――外国人を追い出しても、貧しさも不安も、出ていってはくれません。外交を断っても、鎖国をしても、状況は良くならず、悪化するだけです。

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