"Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible be daily before your eyes, but chiefly death, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything."
- Epictetus, Enchiridion 21
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Reflections of horror and wonder in the face of exile and death
The Black Death
"We see death coming into our midst like black smoke..."
- Ieuan Gethin, 1349
Epictetus on Exile and Death
Site Texts
§ John Donne, "Death, Be Not Proud"
§ Innocent III, "Food for the Worm"
§ Innocent III, "On the Nearness of Death"
§ Epictetus's 'Enchiridion'
§ Epictetus's 'Letter to Menoeceus'
§ Seneca's Tragedies and Philosophy
§ Seneca's Dialogues
§ Ovid's 'Letters from Exile'
§ Ovid's 'Letters from the Black Sea'
§ Ovid's Metamorphosis
§ Marcus Aurelius on Anger and Desire
§ Marcus Aurelius on Slander and Gossip
§ The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
§ Heidegger on Death in 'Being and Time'
§ Innocent III, "Food for the Worm"
§ Innocent III, "On the Nearness of Death"
§ Epictetus's 'Enchiridion'
§ Epictetus's 'Letter to Menoeceus'
§ Seneca's Tragedies and Philosophy
§ Seneca's Dialogues
§ Ovid's 'Letters from Exile'
§ Ovid's 'Letters from the Black Sea'
§ Ovid's Metamorphosis
§ Marcus Aurelius on Anger and Desire
§ Marcus Aurelius on Slander and Gossip
§ The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
§ Heidegger on Death in 'Being and Time'
Films and Film Scenes
§ Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
§ Koyaanisqatsi opening (1982)
§ The Seventh Seal (1957)
§ The White Ribbon (2009)
§ Koyaanisqatsi opening (1982)
§ The Seventh Seal (1957)
§ The White Ribbon (2009)
Site Music
§ Kammarheit's "Sphaerula"
§ Kammarheit's "Aeon"
§ Kammarheit's "The Nest"
§ Aindulmedir's "Sleep-Form"
§ Kammarheit's "In the Dreamer's Fields"
§ Bostrom's "Earthwards"
§ Kammarheit's "Aeon"
§ Kammarheit's "The Nest"
§ Aindulmedir's "Sleep-Form"
§ Kammarheit's "In the Dreamer's Fields"
§ Bostrom's "Earthwards"
Site Labels
- Burdens and Trials of Exile
- Elders That Dream of Ruin
- Flowers Bloom from Blood
- Harvesting Seeds from Crops
- Lessons from Dante
- Lessons from Epictetus
- Lessons from Goethe
- Lessons from Jung
- Lessons from Tacitus
- Marxists At Their Best
- Reveries and Imageries
- The Coming and Passing of Man
- The Surface and the Shadow
- The Way of All Flesh
- They Drink and They Drink
- Twilight of the Middle Ages
- Works and Ways of Idi Amin
- Works and Ways of Napoleon
- Works and Ways of Vigeland
- Works and Ways of Vlad Țepeș
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