"Show me a man who is sick and happy, in danger and happy, dying and happy, in exile and happy, in disgrace and happy. Show him! I desire, by the gods, to see a Stoic."
- Epictetus, Discourses II.19
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The horrors and wonders of exile and death
Sibling Sites
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)
§ Pinochet's Death Camps (2014)
§ Koyaanisqatsi opening (1982)
§ The Seventh Seal (1957)
§ The White Ribbon (2009)
§ Pinochet's Death Camps (2014)
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 Jung
- Marxists At Their Best
- 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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