"CHARIOTS OF FIRE" OUT ON SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FROM WARNER'S

Chariots of Fire

Warner Bros. was able to kill two birds with one remaster this year. Not only are we getting this classic story of faith and fitness in a glorious Blu-ray release, but they’re also giving it a renewed theatrical showing in the UK in honor of the 2012 London Olympics. It’s all perfectly timed, as Chariots does tell the story of two Olympians, a Jewish man who runs to battle prejudice and a devoutly Catholic Scottish man who runs despite his dedication to his faith and its missions. Together, they brought glory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics. The result is a timeless convergence of sportsmanship and cinema showmanship, a well-acted, thoroughly emotional experience at the hand of director Hugh Hudson. The score, most notably the synthesizer heavy opening theme, is the stuff of pop culture legend. It will live on long beyond the memory of those who know where it originates, from the Academy Award winning score of Vangelis. The choice to go 80s synth instead of big, sweeping orchestral work for a triumphant story of national heroism in the 1920s was a bold one, but it’s what make this film such a unique experience. On Blu-ray, the film sings. The remastered visuals are gorgeous. Crisp and colorful with only a minimal amount of digital noise, something rare in transfers from the films of the 1980s. The soundtrack is full-force, as ever. From the packaging to the special features, this release has all the fine touches of something made specially for a year of Olympians.

Extras Highlight: This special edition comes with a CD sampler of the soundtrack. Which is excellent when combined with a few hours worth of behind the scenes footage and the aforementioned great looking Blu-ray transfer.

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/this-week-in-blu-ray-chariots-of-fire-senna-american-reunion-and-sean-connery-in-space.php

MIA ΠΡΟΤΑΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΚΛΟΥΒΙΑ ΑΥΓΑ ΤΗΣ "ΧΡΥΣΗΣ ...ΑΥΓΗΣ"

Μια πρόταση πρός τους ''σκληρούς''της Χ.Α που το μόνο που ξέρουν είναι να χτυπουν ανυπεράσπιστους κακομοίρηδες λαθρομετανάστες.
Στο γενικό λογιστήριο του κράτους  η διεύθυνση που εχει τα ρευστά διαθέσιμα έχει περάσει στην επιτροπή μόνιμου ελέγχου του προυπολογισμού που εχει εγκατασταθεί απο τις 8 Μαίου...
Ξεκινάμε
1) Nευραλγικοί τομείς τους κράτους ελέγχονται απο τον Χόρστ Ραιχενμπαχ και την Task Force.
2) Το δημόσιο ταμείο και ο προυπολογισμός ελέγχονται απο την μόνιμη επιτροπή επιτήρησης πρυπολογισμού απο την κομισιόν.
3)  Η Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος ελέγχεται απο το ΔΝΤ, μόνιμη επιτροπή με τον Μπόμπ Τραά.
Λοιπόν.Ιδού πεδίο δόξης λαμπρό.
Για ολη αυτή την κατοχή θα κάνετε τίποτα; Ή εκει κάνει τζίζ;
Μάλλον κάνει τζίζ...
P.S. Ξέχασα να αναφέρω και τον κατοχικό επίτροπο Φούχτελ που κυκλοφορεί στην Ελληνική επικράτεια σαν εκπρόσωπος της Ελληνικής Κυβέρνησης. 
http://anti-ntp.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-post_5084.html

ΤΗΕ LOOTING OF GREECE...

10 STAN LEE CAMEOS

10 STAN LEE CAMEOS FROM FILM SCHOOL REJECTS

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There used to be a time when only die-hard comic book fans knew what Stan Lee looked like. His likeness appeared in many of the Marvel comic books for the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but to the average person, he was nothing more than a guy with some shaded glasses.

Then Hollywood started putting the guy in some movies. He’s never had a very big part, but to honor the man for helping to create some of the most legendary superheroes (and some of the biggest moneymakers for the movie business), Lee has been given customary cameos in almost every major movie that has been made from characters he helped create.

Those who have seen The Amazing Spider-Man (which should be most of you faithful readers, by now) were treated to one of his best and funniest cameos yet. And with more Marvel movies coming down the pike, he’s sure to show up many times again. This gave us a chance to look back on his many appearances over the years and assemble a list of his ten best cameos.

Excelsior!

10. The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) – Jury Foreman

This makes the list mainly because it is his first cameo in a Marvel movie, playing the jury foreman. Sure, it was a made-for-TV movie, but you’ve gotta start somewhere. Plus, he actually gets a line in this one (which amounts to him saying the Hulk is “a big guy!” right before the jury box is ripped apart). We’re not sure if this earned Lee a SAG or AFTRA card, but it was the first step for him.

9. X-Men (2000) – Hot Dog Vendor

Like his appearance in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, this gets a mention because it was a first. With X-Men as the first Marvel movie to kick off the string of superhero films we have today, it was a nice gesture for Bryan Singer to let Stan the Man grab some screen time when Senator Kelly washes up on the beach. Ironically, Lee would only make one other cameo in an X-Men movie (X-Men: The Last Stand), even though there have been five movies made in the franchise.

8. Fantastic Four (2005) – Willie Lumpkin

Stan Lee’s appearance as postman Willie Lumpkin in the first Fantastic Four movie gets points for actually being something more than a walk-on role. In the comics, Willie actually gets some ink. Sadly, the character wasn’t developed in the sequel, so it ranks a little lower by being underutilized.

TAKE ACTION FOR CYPRUS NOW...

Take Action Now!
Take two minutes and email your elected officials to support House Resolution 676  and Senate Resolution 47 calling on Turkey to stop the illegal colonization of Cyprus  and asking the US Administration to support its reunification!
Make our VOICES HEARD! It only takes two minutes to SUPPORT OUR POSITIONS through our webform. Click here to email now! July 20, 2012 will mark the 38th anniversary of the Turkish Invasion. After 38 years, one third of Cyprus is still occupied. This month, despite Turkish threats, Cyprus took over the EU Presidency. Yet, developments have been alarming; with Turkeynot only interfering with the sovereign rights of the Cypriot Republic but it is also threatening US-business interests in the area. It is also in violation of Article 49 of the Geneva Convention by forcibly colonizing the occupied part of the island with population from inner Turkey at the expense of the local Turkish Cypriot residents. June 5, 2012 upon the urging of Cypriot-American and Greek-American organizations nationwide, US Representatives Bilirakis of Florida and Engel of New York introduced House Resolution 676 and Senators Menendez & Snowe introduced Senate Resolution 47 condemning Turkish policies of threatening Cyprus in its effort to develop its natural resources and criticizing it for its policy of forced population transfers into occupied Cyprus from Turkey's inland. Kormakitis (photo below)  is a small village in northwest Cyprus. In 1974 Kormakitis was bombed by the Turkish Army.The Population of the Village was 100% Maronites (successors of the ancient Lusignan Dynasty from western France).The School was abandoned in1974. Today, we urge you to support these two resolutions currently in Congress that are calling for the reunification of Cyprus and remind the US Elected officials that WE DO NOT FORGET... Abandoned cars from the 1970s at a garage in Famagusta...

Hotel Salaminia in Famagusta. A once-thriving tourist attraction, 
since the 1974 Turkish invasion the city has been fenced off by the 
Turkish military - its infrastructure in decay...

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ORWELL...

Adapted from an introduction by Christopher Hitchens toDiaries, by George Orwell, to be published next month by Liveright; introduction © 2012 by the Estate of Christopher Hitchens.

At various points in his essays—notably in “Why I Write” but also in his popular column “As I Please”—George Orwell gave us an account of what made him tick, as it were, and of what supplied the motive for his work. At different times he instanced what he called his “power of facing unpleasant facts”; his love for the natural world, “growing things,” and the annual replenishment of the seasons; and his desire to forward the cause of democratic socialism and oppose the menace of Fascism. Other strong impulses include his near-visceral feeling for the English language and his urge to defend it from the constant encroachments of propaganda and euphemism, and his reverence for objective truth, which he feared was being driven out of the world by the deliberate distortion and even obliteration of recent history.

As someone who had been brought up in a fairly rarefied and distinctly reactionary English milieu, in which the underclass of his own society and the millions of inhabitants of its colonial empire were regarded with a mixture of fear and loathing, Orwell also made an early decision to find out for himself what the living conditions of these remote latitudes were really “like.” This second commitment, to acquaint himself with the brute facts as they actually were, was to prove a powerful reinforcement of his latent convictions.

Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/08/christopher-hitchens-george-orwell

NEΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΟΦΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΑΔΕΣΠΟΤΑ ZΩΑ THΣ ΓΕΙΤΟΝΙΑΣ ΣΟΥ...

YOUSSOUPHA FEATURING INDILA AND SKALPOVICH: "DREAMIN'

SHAKA PONK: "MY NAME IS STAIN" AND "TWISTED"

INDILA: "POUSSIERE D' EMPIRE"

HOW TO SPEND 48 HOURS IN CYCLADES...

By MICHAEL PERRY, REUTERS

Greece is struggling under a mountain of debt, violent street protests erupt in the capital Athens, and world financial markets fear Greece will exit the euro zone.

But Greece is still a great place to visit - just head to its idyllic islands. Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors explore Paros and Santorini.

FRIDAY

4 p.m. - Fly from Athens to Paros, a short 30-minute flight. After settling in, stroll down to the road that hugs the main port of Parikia and walk along the seawall, where you will be joined by not only tourists but local families who routinely end their day watching the sunset over the Mediterranean.

The port road hugs the sea and is littered with tavernas offering relaxing lounges and cool sunset drinks, but keep strolling until you reach the 13th century Venetian castle which overlooks the port. Parts of the castle are made from the ancient temple that once stood in the same spot.

5 p.m. - You will reach Parikia's most popular beach, Livadia, after a short walk. It's a great place for your first swim in the Mediterranean and if you want a drink before heading back into the centre of the port for dinner.

7 p.m. - Now that darkness has fallen it's time for some shopping. Just wander through the maze of streets that bisect Parikia's old village. By day the heat is stifling as the sea breeze, like the pirates of old, gets lost, but by night it's cool and exciting. Shopping here is cheaper than Athens and Santorini, and the shops offer boutique, locally made items.

8 p.m. - Shopping can make you hungry. Many of the seaside tavernas serve chargrilled octopus and fish caught in the waters that lap Parikia. For something more upmarket, head to Central Market Street, for the whitewashed and vine-covered courtyard restaurant Levantis. Levantis serves modern Mediterranean dishes, such as oven baked lamb rolled in vine leaves with fresh herbs and feta, fava bean puree and mint sauce.

For the romantics, try Franca Scala wine bar and restaurant on Palea Agora, a little to the north of Levantis.

10 p.m. - After dinner it's a short stroll to Pebbles jazzbar overlooking the port, a funky little bar with live music until late in the night. There's also the Pirate Bar at the foot of Franca Scala for jazz, blues and classical music.

SATURDAY

7 a.m. - Start the day with a swim and a classic Greek breakfast of Greek coffee, yoghurt and fruit. Be careful not to stir your coffee just before drinking (...) 

READ MORE:

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/29/48-hours-on-the-greek-isles

via http://www.kalofagas.ca/2012/07/06/greek-food-gazette-0672012/

NASTY GAL 2, THE SEQUEL: HOW TO DRESS WITH EXQUISITE TASTE FOR LESS WITH SOPHIA AMORUSO!

MR. DAVID CAMERON YOU ARE DARN RIGHT! START DEPORTING ALL GREEKS FROM UK INCLUDING THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE STOLEN PARTHENON SCULPTURES AND ARTIFACTS!

A sunset in the Temple of Poseidon, in Sounion, southeast of Attiki, Greece. You can't deport that! (Now go back to your 10 Down-ing Street cave). I selected Sounion, a location of breathtaking beauty over UK prime minister Cameron because he's FUGLY.

International amnesty and the cherished right of any European citizen to travel and work freely across the EU is being seriously tested by the collapse of the “Old World economy.”

David Cameron will use draconian measures that would put Greeks on the same footage as most people from the Third World, if Greece exits the euro and as a result you will witness the so-called “Grexodus” of emigrants from the UK.

The British prime minister spoke as if Greeks carried the plaque, and he actually swore that he would do anything to “protect” his country from any sort of invasion. To add to the intensity of the situation, the Greek media has been reporting a rising in the anti-Greek sentiment in those few parts of Europe that are still fairly prosperous.

It is actually a fact that the first new checks on the movement of people between EU member countries in many years are being quietly imposed. Even Canadians were caught up in the dragnet, alongside the rest of the Southern Europeans.

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/07/06/eu-borders-are-quietly-tightening/

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LIBOR RIGGING SCANDAL AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MORTGAGE PAYMENTS IN EUROPE. BARCLAYS RELEASES EMAIL IMPLICATING UK GOVERNMENT.

The LIBOR manipulation story has exploded into a major scandal overseas. The CEO of Barclays, Bob Diamond, has resigned in disgrace; his was the first of what will undoubtedly be many major banks to walk the regulatory plank for fixing the interbank exchange rate. The Labor party is demanding a sweeping criminal investigation. Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, responded the way a real public official should (i.e. not like Ben Bernanke), blasting the banks:

It is time to do something about the banking system…Many people in the banking industry are hardworking and feel badly let down by some of their colleagues and leaders. It goes to the culture and the structure of banks: the excessive compensation, the shoddy treatment of customers, the deceitful manipulation of a key interest rate, and today, news of yet another mis-selling scandal.

The furor is over revelations that Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and other banks were monkeying with at least $10 trillion in loans (The Wall Street Journal is calculating that that LIBOR affects $800 trillion worth of contracts).

The banks gamed LIBOR for two semi-overlapping reasons. As noted here last week, there were instances of Barclays traders badgering the LIBOR submitters to "push down" rates in order to fatten their immediate bottom lines, depending on what they were trading or holding that day. They also apparently rigged LIBOR downward in order to produce a general appearance of better health, essentially tweaking their credit scores a few ticks upward.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/why-is-nobody-freaking-out-about-the-libor-banking-scandal-20120703#ixzz1zgV7yVgb

Again: Libor, the London Interbank Exchange Rate, is the rate at which banks borrow from each other. A huge percentage of the world’s variable-rate investments are pegged to Libor. When Libor rates are high, it suggests that the banks’ confidence in each other is low, and high Libor rates are generally an indicator of shaky financial health among the banks. If the banks manipulated Libor, they did it to make themselves look healthier, but this had the consequence of affecting hundreds of trillions of dollars’ worth of financial products worldwide.

During the crash of 2008, governments understandably would have been concerned about high Libor rates – high rates and a lack of confidence in banks threatened economic stability – but the notion that governments would have encouraged banks to fake those rates would have been beyond unthinkable even a decade ago.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/libor-banking-scandal-deepens-barclays-releases-damning-email-implicates-british-government-20120704#ixzz1zgVs4hxy

WILLIAM SADLER AND AVELLAN TWINS IN ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S "MACHETE KILLS"

(...)We already have Danny Trejo returning as the titular character, with roles for Zoe Saldana, Amber Heard, Michelle Rodriguez,Jessica Alba, and Sofia Vergara. Rodriguez has also thrown in Academy Award-nominated actor Demian Bichir and (reportedly) “Ong Bak” martial artist Tony Jaa for us cinephiles, and then there’s the potentially volatile concoction of stars Mel Gibson, as the film’s villain, and Charlie Sheen playing THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Yikes, Rodriguez surely knows how to cause a stir. (...)Now, William Sadler, the go-to character actor in films like “Die Hard 2” and “The Shawshank Redemption,” has dropped some news that he also has a role in the film via a series of tweets beginning with “First full day of filming on ‪#MacheteKills‬ the most fun you can have doing this stuff. Seriously cool.” Much like his upcoming role in helmer Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3,” few details are available on his “Machete Kills” position, but any Sadler is good Sadler in this writer’s opinion.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/william-sadler-joins-machete-kills-avellan-twins-to-return-too-20120628

MHN AYTOKTONEITE! EKΔΙΚΗΘΕΙΤΕ!

http://justiceforgreece.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82/#more-712

Άνδρας αυτοκτόνησε πηδώντας από την ταράτσα μικρού ξενοδοχείου στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, Αυτοκτονία υπαλλήλου της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Καρδίτσας, Αυτοκτόνησε 54χρονος Σπαρτιάτης, Εργολάβος αυτοκτόνησε με καραμπίνα στην Εύβοια!  

 Άνδρας αυτοκτόνησε πηδώντας από την ταράτσα μικρού ξενοδοχείου στο κέντρο της Αθήνας.

Ακόμα μία αυτοκτονία, στο κέντρο της πόλης συγκλονίζει την ελληνική κοινωνία. Συγκεκριμένα, ένας άντρας στην οδό Απόλλωνος 11, στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, ανέβηκε στην ταράτσα μικρού ξενοδοχείου και έπεσε στο κενό.

Ο θάνατός του ήταν ακαριαίος.

Στο σημείο έσπευσαν αστυνομικές δυνάμεις που απέκλεισαν την περιοχή.

Τα αίτια που οδήγησαν τον αυτόχειρα να δώσει τέλος στη ζωή του δεν έχουν γίνει ακόμα γνωστά.

http://www.matrix24.gr/2012/07/αυτοκτονησε-πηδωντασ-απο-την-ταρατσα/

Αυτοκτονία υπαλλήλου της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Καρδίτσας

Τέλος στην ζωή του έβαλε χθες το απόγευμα, ένας 55χρονος υπάλληλος της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Καρδίτσας.

Ο αυτόχειρας Χρήστος Λαδιάς, που όπλισε την κυνηγετική του καραμπίνα και αυτοπυροβολήθηκε, διατηρούσε οικογενειακό οινοποιείο και όλα δείχνουν ότι αντιμετώπιζε σοβαρά οικονομικά προβλήματα που πιθανότατα τον οδήγησαν στην αυτοκτονία.

http://www.trikalanews.gr/karditsa/autoktonia_upallilou_tis_perifereiakis_enotitas_karditsas.html

Αυτοκτόνησε 54χρονος Σπαρτιάτης

Πρώτη καταχώρηση: Τρίτη, 3 Ιουλίου 2012, 13:23

Οι αυτοκτονίες πληθαίνουν ανησυχητικά το τελευταίο διάστημα. Αυτήν τη φορά, ανάλογο περιστατικό έρχεται να ταράξει τα νερά της τοπικής κοινωνίας της Σπάρτης.

Δυστυχώς, τα ξημερώματα, ένας 54χρονος έπεσε στο κενό από τον 1ο όροφο της πολυκατοικίας όπου διέμενε, στη συμβολή των οδών Γκορτσολόγου και Τριακοσίων.

Μέχρι στιγμής δεν έχουν ξεκαθαριστεί τα αίτια που οδήγησαν τον άνδρα στην αυτοκτονία.

Πηγή: flynews

http://www.zougla.gr/greece/article/aftoktonise-54xronos-spartiatis

Εργολάβος αυτοκτόνησε με καραμπίνα στην Εύβοια

27 Ιουνίου : Τέλος στην ζωή του αποφάσισε να δώσει ένας 66χρονος στα Ψαχνά Ευβοίας, καθώς αυτοπυροβολήθηκε με καραμπίνα.

Ο άτυχος άνδρας βρέθηκε νεκρός το μεσημέρι της Τρίτης, όπως δημοσιεύει το egnomi.gr, σε υπόγειο χώρο στην θέση «Παλιουρή» πίσω από το συγκρότημα του ΤΕΙ.

φωτογραφία από http://oktv.gr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/φωτο.jpg

=== » Ο θάνατος τυγχάνει ων, ως εμοί δοκεί, ουδέν άλλο ή δυοίν πραγμάτοιν διάλυσις, της ψυχής και του σώματος απ” αλλήλου.»  = Ο θάνατος δεν είναι τίποτε άλλο, παρά ο διαχωρισμός δύο πραγμάτων, του ενός απ” το άλλο, δηλαδή της ψυχής απ” το σώμα.
  === ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑΣ (Γοργίας, 524Β)
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  === » Επιόντος άρα θανάτου επί τον άνθρωπον, το μεν θνητόν, ως έοικεν, αυτού αποθνήσκει, το δ” αθάνατον, σώον και αδιάφθορον, οίχεται απιόν.»  = `Οταν επέρχεται ο θάνατος στον άνθρωπο, το μεν θνητό μέρος αυτού, καθώς φαίνεται, πεθαίνει, το δε αθάνατο, η ψυχή, σηκώνεται και φεύγει σώα και άφθαρτη.
  === ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑΣ (Φαίδων, 10Ε) 
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  === » Η καλόν εκ μακάρων μυστήριον, ου μόνον είναι τον θάνατον θνητοίς ου κακόν, αλλ” αγαθόν. »  = Ωραία πραγματικά απόκρυφη διδασκαλία μας δόθηκε απ” τους θεούς, ότι δηλαδή ο θάνατος, όχι μόνο δεν είναι κακό (επιζήμιο) για τους ανθρώπους, αλλ” αντίθετα είναι ωφέλιμο πράγμα.
  === Επιτάφιο επίγραμμα ιεροφάντη (Εφημερίδα Αρχαιολόγων 1883,σελ.81)
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  === » `Εξω του κόσμου το αποθανόν ου πίπτει. »  = Ο, τι πεθαίνει δε χάνεται, αλλά μένει μέσα στη φύση.
  === ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥ(Τα εις Εαυτόν Η,ιη)
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=== » Ουδέν έφη τον θάνατον διαφέρειν του ζην. »  = Τίποτα δε διαφέρει ο θάνατος απ” τη ζωή.
ΘΑΛΗΣ (Διογ.Λαερτ.Βιοι Φιλοσ.Ι,35)
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=== » Θάνατος τότ” έσσεται οπότε κεν δη Μοίραι επικλώσωσι. » = Ο θάνατος τότε θα έλθει, όποτε οι Μοίρες ορίσουν.
  === ΚΑΛΛΙΝΟΣ (Ανθολ.Στοβαίου ΝΑ,19)
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=== » Ύπνω και θανάτω διδυμάοσιν . » = Ο ύπνος και ο θάνατος είναι δίδυμα αδέλφια.
  === ΟΜΗΡΟΣ (Ιλιάς,Π,672)
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=== » Κοινωνία γαρ ψυχή και σώματι διαλύσεως ουκ έστιν η κρείττον. » = Η ένωση της ψυχής με το σώμα δεν είναι με κανένα τρόπο ανώτερη απ” το χωρισμό τους.
ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑΣ (Νόμοι,828D).
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=== » `Οστις δε θνητών θάνατον ορρωδεί λίαν, μωρός πέφυκε· τη τύχη μέλει τάδε· όταν δ” ο καιρός του θανείν ελθών τύχη, ουδ” αν προς αυλάς Ζηνός εκφύγει μολών. » 
  = `Οποιος απ” τους ανθρώπους φοβάται πολύ το θάνατο, γεννήθηκε μωρός. Η έννοια του θανάτου, ανήκει στη Μοίρα. `Οταν έλθει ο καιρός, ακόμα και στ” ανάκτορα του Δία αν καταφύγεις, είναι αδύνατο να τον αποφύγεις.
ΣΟΦΟΚΛΗΣ (Ανθολ.Στοβ.ΡΙΗ,12)
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=== » `Εξεστι γαρ την Αναξαγόρου διάθεσιν, αφ” ης επί τη τελευτή του παιδός ανεφώνησεν, « – «`Ηδειν θνητόν γεννήσας». »
= «Πρέπει ν” ακολουθήσουμε την άποψη του Αναξαγόρα, εξ” αιτίας της οποίας αναφώνησε, 
όταν πέθανε το παιδί του: » – «`Ηξερα ότι γέννησα θνητό»
ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΣ (Ηθικά,474D).
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=== » Πενθείν δε μετρίως τους προσήκοντας φίλους, ου γαρ τεθνάσιν, αλλά την αυτήν οδόν,  ην πάσιν ελθείν έστ” αναγκαίως έχον, προεληλύθασιν. »  = Πένθησε με μέτρο τους γνωστούς σου. Γιατί δεν έχουν πεθάνει, αλλά τον ίδιο δρόμο που όλοι αναγκαστικά θα περάσουμε, αυτοί τον πήραν πρώτοι.
ΑΝΤΙΦΑΝΗΣ (Ανθολ.Στοβ.ΡΚΔ,27).
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» Αυτό μεν το αποθνήσκειν ουδείς φοβείται, όστις μη παντάπασιν αλόγιστός τε και άνανδρος εστί, το δε αδικείν φοβείται. πολλών γαρ αδικημάτων γέμοντα την ψυχήν εις `Αιδου αφικέσθαι πάντων έσχατον κακών εστίν. »  = Τον θάνατο κανένας δε πρέπει να φοβάται, εκτός αν είναι εντελώς ανόητος και δειλός. 
Την αδικία όμως πρέπει να φοβάται. Γιατί, αν η ψυχή φτάσει στον `Αδη με το βάρος των χειροτέρων αδικημάτων, θα είναι γι” αυτήν η μεγαλύτερη απ” όλες τις συμφορές.
ΠΛΑΤΩΝΑΣ (Γοργίας,522Ε).
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» Ταράσσει τους ανθρώπους ου τα πράγματα, αλλά τα περί των πραγμάτων δόγματα, οίον ο θάνατος ουδέν δεινόν, επεί Σωκράτη αν εφαίνετο· αλλά το δόγμα το περί του θανάτου διότι δεινόν, εκείνο το δεινόν έστιν. » = Τους ανθρώπους ταράζουν όχι οι καταστάσεις που περνούν, αλλά οι ιδέες που έχουν γι” αυτές. Ο θάνατος δεν είναι κάτι φοβερό, γιατί τότε θα ήταν και για το Σωκράτη. Το θάνατο τον κάνει φοβερό η ιδέα ότι είναι φοβερός.
ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ (Εγχειρίδιο,V).
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» Μηδέποτε επί μηδενός είπεις ότι «Απώλεσα αυτό», αλλ” ότι «Απέδωκα». Το παιδίον απέθανεν; απεδόθη. Η γυνή απέθανεν; απεδόθη. Το χωρίον αφηρέθην; Ουκούν και τούτο απεδόθη… μέχρι δ” αν διδώ ως αλλοτρίου αυτού επιμελού, ως του πανδοχείου οι παριόντες. »  = Να μη πεις για οποιοδήποτε πράγμα ότι το «έχασα», αλλά ότι, το «απέδωσα». Πέθανε το παιδί σου; Απεδόθη. Πέθανε η γυναίκα σου; Απεδόθη. Σου κλέψανε τη περιουσία σου; Μα κι” αυτή απεδόθη. Όσο σου δίνεται να το έχεις, φρόντιζέ το, ως κάτι ξένο, όπως οι περαστικοί το ξενοδοχείο.
ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ (Εγχειρίδιο,ΧΙ).

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