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.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Songs of Innocence and Experience

It took me many years to appreciate William Blake, and now I can barely imagine my life without him.

Songs of Innocence and Experience has become almost a daily source of reference for the tension between the natural and the fallen, between virtue and vice. The pairing of the text with illustrations is a special joy.

The images reproduced in this series of posts are from the 1826 copy at the Library of Congress ("Copy Z"), as they are the best resolution I have available.

—5/2015

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William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794)

A Stoic Breviary: Classical Wisdom in Daily Practice

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Songs of Innocence and Experience

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