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.
The Death of Marcus Aurelius
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Diogenes for the Day, 7/29/2018
Very valuable things, he said, were bartered for
things of no value, and vice versa. At all events a statue fetches three
thousand drachmas, while a quart of barley flour is sold for two copper coins.
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