| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Momento"],"appCategory":"Momento","appTitle":"What is momento mori?","appBody":"<p>It is Latin, and it means \"Remember to (have to) die\", or more freely, \"Remember that you are mortal\". It is said that Roman warlords on their tour of triumph had a slave behind them on the carriage who kept whispering them \"Respice post te! Hominem te memento!\" in the ear (\"Look behind you, remember you are only human\"). This to make sure they would not feel larger than human, and make deadly mistakes. Therefor this is called the \"Memento Mori\".</p>\n<p>Memento Mori is also claimed to be the salutation of the Trappists (a beer brewing order of the Cistercians, a Catholic religous order of cloistered monastics), but that appears not to be true. And since I live 5km away from a Trappist monastery, I can honestly tell you that I have never heard one say \"memento mori\" ;-)</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkajugkl5","appParentAuthor":"rasamuel","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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