I stumbled upon your blog after putting down my book, MARCUS AURELIUS THE STOIC EMPEROR by Donald J Robertson.
It struck a cord with me since I had recently viewed the busts of the great philosophers standing watch over 200,000 books in the old library at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
As emperor, Marcus was brought to tears when an advocate uttered the words, "Blessed are those who died in the plague. He wept over a letter informing him of the catastrophic earthquake the leveled the city Smyrna. He is quoted as saying, "She is a desert throught which the west winds blow." -Philostratus, Lives of the Sophis Vs 2.9.3
Our emperor today is 180°out.
How amazing is it those virtues are directly tied into the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
My favorite Stoic, Seneca's brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus. He was the one that oversaw the proceedings at St. Paul's trial in Corinth. There is quite a bit of crossover in Stoic teachings and Christianity.
I stumbled upon your blog after putting down my book, MARCUS AURELIUS THE STOIC EMPEROR by Donald J Robertson.
It struck a cord with me since I had recently viewed the busts of the great philosophers standing watch over 200,000 books in the old library at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
As emperor, Marcus was brought to tears when an advocate uttered the words, "Blessed are those who died in the plague. He wept over a letter informing him of the catastrophic earthquake the leveled the city Smyrna. He is quoted as saying, "She is a desert throught which the west winds blow." -Philostratus, Lives of the Sophis Vs 2.9.3
Our emperor today is 180°out.
How amazing is it those virtues are directly tied into the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
My favorite Stoic, Seneca's brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus. He was the one that oversaw the proceedings at St. Paul's trial in Corinth. There is quite a bit of crossover in Stoic teachings and Christianity.