"It is necessary that our civilisation shall build its temple upon a mountain of corpses, upon an ocean of tears, upon the death cries of men without number..."
- Von Haeseler, before World War I
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The horrors and wonders of exile and death
Epictetus on Exile and Death
Site Referrals
Site Acts and Texts
§ John Donne, "Death, Be Not Proud"
§ Rick Rodericks, "The Neglect of Death"
§ 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'
§ Rick Rodericks, "The Neglect of Death"
§ 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'
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
- The Coming and Passing of Man
- The Way of All Flesh
- They Drink and They Drink
- Trials and Travails of Exile
- Works and Ways of Dante
- Works and Ways of Epictetus
- Works and Ways of Heidegger
- Works and Ways of Idi Amin
- Works and Ways of Jung
- Works and Ways of Napoleon
- Works and Ways of Ovid
- Works and Ways of Vigeland
- Works and Ways of Vlad Țepeș
The Black Death
"We see death coming into our midst like black smoke..."
- Ieuan Gethin, 1349
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