Carpe Diem

We studied this week Andrew Marwell’s To His Coy Mistress. This poet reflects all thoughts of Carpe Diem exactly. Carpe Diem means live the moment or seize the day. So I want to talk about a little bit this view.

Carpe diem is mentioned in one of the poets of Horatius and this became a world view. The poet continues like this:

Be wise, strain wines, and cut short far-reaching hopes, for the
Short space of life. As long as we speak, a grudging lifetime will
Be gone: enjoy today, with tomorrow trusted as little as possible.

As far as we can see, in this poet, the importance of the moment that we’ll live is emphasized. While we live in the moment, we have to do good things. I think if we will die one day, then everybody wants to be remembered. This is possible while being honest.

Many people think that carpe diem means living the moment impulsively, without feeling any anxiety of future. I think this is completely wrong. Yes, we must live because we deserve this but while we are living, we have to care about our custom. We are different from any other creatures. We can think, love, hate or dream etc. Indeed, my thought is we must live the moment. On the other hand, we must think about consequences of what we did.

Consequently, If we’ll die one day, then we have to enjoy the life and live. What’s the point of delaying the life? The important thing is living by respecting the others and enjoying without disturbing the others.