Crossing the finish line means triumph to every marathon runner.
All the runners who finish the Maratona di Roma XV edition received a medal carved by Master Alfiero Nena, Chairman of the Italian Sculptor's Association: the medal portrays Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who was also a stoic philosopher.
Stoicism teaches the development of self-control and detachment from material things, as well as keeping passionate emotions and pain under control. In a similar way, runners have to overcome difficulties and endure pain using their perfect knowledge of their body and its own limits if they want to cross the finishing line.
Stoic philosophers maintained teat succeeding is an individual task, but helping out people in trouble is highly recommended. This should be every runner's motto!
The slogan of the social anti-racism campaign, which has been associated to the Maratona di Roma for years is carved on the medalČ
'Vinciamo ogni disciminazione' ('Let's beat every discrimination')
My relative Dimitrije, a lawyer in Belgrade, knows how much I enjoyed reading about Marcus Aurelius and the philosophy of Stoics during my studies in Law School. :))
DIMITRIJE: See you in a few days in Belgrade!
All the runners who finish the Maratona di Roma XV edition received a medal carved by Master Alfiero Nena, Chairman of the Italian Sculptor's Association: the medal portrays Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who was also a stoic philosopher.
Stoicism teaches the development of self-control and detachment from material things, as well as keeping passionate emotions and pain under control. In a similar way, runners have to overcome difficulties and endure pain using their perfect knowledge of their body and its own limits if they want to cross the finishing line.
Stoic philosophers maintained teat succeeding is an individual task, but helping out people in trouble is highly recommended. This should be every runner's motto!
The slogan of the social anti-racism campaign, which has been associated to the Maratona di Roma for years is carved on the medalČ
'Vinciamo ogni disciminazione' ('Let's beat every discrimination')
My relative Dimitrije, a lawyer in Belgrade, knows how much I enjoyed reading about Marcus Aurelius and the philosophy of Stoics during my studies in Law School. :))
DIMITRIJE: See you in a few days in Belgrade!
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