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
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Fragments of Parmenides 14
I shall not let you say nor think that it came from what is not; for it can neither be thought nor uttered that anything is not.
And, if it came from nothing, what need could have made it arise later rather than sooner?
Therefore must it either be altogether or be not at all.
Nor will the force of truth suffer anything to arise besides itself from that which is not.
Wherefore, justice does not loose her fetters and let anything come into being or pass away, but holds it fast.
IMAGE: Frederick Hart, Ex Nihilo, Washington National Cathedral (1984)
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