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.

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Maxims of Goethe 26

Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquillity of soul.

Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites.

IMAGE: Giovanni di Paolo, The Sermon of the Hypocritical Priest (c. 1450)

A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

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Sunday, October 22, 2023

Maxims of Goethe 26

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