That means implementing same-sex marriage is a relatively simple matter in Australia -- unlike in the U.S., for example, where there were separate struggles to introduce it in multiple states. Similarly, there is no marriage clause in the Australian Constitution that requires changing -- unlike in Ireland.
While Siduri's words are over 4,000 years old we can still today take her philosophies to heart and try to live with more understanding, joy and appreciation of family in our lives. Although ancient, good life philosophies are eternal, and Siduriâs teachings can help guide us to happier lives today.nterestingly, in a later version of the Epic of Gilgamesh (referred to as the Akkadian version) Siduriâs life philosophy was removed from the Epic and much of her original role was given to Utnapishtim, an immortal wise old man.
After quoting a phrase from Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics (âthese virtues are formed in man by his doing the actionsâ), Durant sums it up this way: ââ¦we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit.â Then he quotes again from Aristotleâs work. The footnotes 1 and 2 in the excerpt at left refer to passages in Aristotleâs Ethics, ii, 4. (The passage at left is from Page 87 of an edition of Durantâs book that bubbled up in GoogleBooks.