El martes en la noche
The Call to Contemplation
An introduction to the meditation on human misery as a path to humility and detachment from worldly glory.
Today you'll think about the condition and miseries of this life: so that through them you may see how vain the glory of the world is, since it's founded on such a weak foundation; and how little a person ought to think of himself, since he is subject to so many miseries.
The Miseries of Human Life
A structured examination of the brevity, uncertainty, fragility, and inherent misery of earthly existence.
Second Treatise: Considering the miseries of human life. II. On the miseries and conditions of this life; and first, on its brevity. III. On the uncertainty of our life. IV. On the fragility of our life. V. How changeable our life is. VI. How deceptive our life is. VII. How miserable our life is. VIII. On the final human misery: death. IX.
The Fruit of Reflection
A concluding reflection on how to apply the previous considerations to one's spiritual life.
On the fruit gained from these considerations already mentioned.
Read the original Latin
Este día pensarás en la condición y miserias de esta vida: para que por ella veas cuán vana sea la gloria del mundo, pues se funda sobre tan flaco cimiento; y en cuán poco debe tener el hombre a sí mismo, pues a tantas miserias está sujeto.
TRATADO SEGUNDO: De la consideración de las miserias de la vida humana. II. De las miserias y condiciones de esta vida; y primero, de la brevedad della. III. De cómo es incierta nuestra vida. IV. De cuán frágil sea nuestra vida. V.
De cuán mudable sea nuestra vida. VI. De cómo es engañosa nuestra vida. VII. De cuán miserable sea nuestra vida. VIII. De la última de las miserias humanas, que es la muerte. IX.
Del fruto que se saca de estas consideraciones susodichas.
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