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
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Ecclesiastes 2:22-26
[22] What has a man from all the toil and strain with which he toils beneath the sun?
[23] For all his days are full of pain, and his work is a vexation; even in the night his mind does not rest. This also is vanity.
[24] There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;
[25] for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?
[26] For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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