Building upon many years of privately shared thoughts on the real benefits of Stoic Philosophy, Liam Milburn eventually published a selection of Stoic passages that had helped him to live well. They were accompanied by some of his own personal reflections. This blog hopes to continue his mission of encouraging the wisdom of Stoicism in the exercise of everyday life. All the reflections are taken from his notes, from late 1992 to early 2017.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Capra, Stewart, and Stoic Virtue
We may now think it cheesy or corny, but I often wonder if that's because we think we are somehow better and have moved beyond, or perhaps really just fallen behind, a real sense of what is right.
From Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, with Jimmy Stewart as Senator Jefferson Smith (1939):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX8aFpnWxPA
From Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, with Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey (1946):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0h50v7UNJc
Written in 12/1994
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