A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

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.

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Babylon 5: The Geometry of Shadows

As a reference for Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy 4.20:

The whole bit about that Drazi cultural tradition, about their regularly scheduled conflict between the Green and Purple factions, is really only the B plot to this episode, but it remains a wonderful piece of satire about our own human failings, and treads that thin line between comedy and tragedy.

Here are three brief video snippets to help clarify the point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddxIfMRZemc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxds-Co7G1Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkZgxtlcws

A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Babylon 5: The Geometry of Shadows

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