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
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The Doings of Death 1
William Strang, The Doings of Death 1: Death and the Children (1901)
I thought long and hard about that, and decided it might be because of all the people Death meets, only the children have the innocence not to fear him?
They have no reason to fear him, yeah. And he's got a crown of laurels here too, maybe the artist's hope that these children go straight to heaven? Assuming the artist has a religious bent. There seems to be a lot more sorrow with this image too.
Interesting how different death's face is in this one.
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