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
Monday, May 15, 2023
Stoic Snippets 196
Wipe out imagination.
Check desire.
Extinguish appetite.
Keep the ruling faculty in its own power.
—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.7
IMAGE: Gregorio Lazzarini, Reason Ordering Temperance to Restrain Avarice (1723)
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