This is a clip from a brilliant, but dark, movie called "The Silence of the Lambs".
I am putting it here as an introduction to Marcus Aurelius (or try here), a ruler of Roman empire before the Romans became Christians. Marcus Aurelius was a thinker, a philosopher and a wise ruler - all rolled up in one. He wrote a treatise called "Meditations" which deals with man, nature and all the things in between.
What this clip shows is Dr. Lecter (actor Anthony Hopkins) recommending to the FBI (USA's Federal Bureau of Investigation) agent Clarice Starling (actress Jodie Foster) that she read Meditations, in order to gain insights upon the nature of reality, which after all is one of our aims in this blog.
"Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in (and by) itself? What is its nature?"
(More quotes from Marcus Aurelius)
With that introduction to the method of Marcus Aurelius, here we go to the clip:
The Silence of the Lambs
(The good folks at Google have imposed restrictions on this particular video. Damn fascists! Hehe. Anyway, here is a longer clip (with some guy's interpretation of things in text interspersed. Ignore all the messages, and watch the movie clip for Dr. Lecter's discourse.)
Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself?
What is its nature?
I am putting it here as an introduction to Marcus Aurelius (or try here), a ruler of Roman empire before the Romans became Christians. Marcus Aurelius was a thinker, a philosopher and a wise ruler - all rolled up in one. He wrote a treatise called "Meditations" which deals with man, nature and all the things in between.
What this clip shows is Dr. Lecter (actor Anthony Hopkins) recommending to the FBI (USA's Federal Bureau of Investigation) agent Clarice Starling (actress Jodie Foster) that she read Meditations, in order to gain insights upon the nature of reality, which after all is one of our aims in this blog.
"Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in (and by) itself? What is its nature?"
(More quotes from Marcus Aurelius)
With that introduction to the method of Marcus Aurelius, here we go to the clip:
The Silence of the Lambs
(The good folks at Google have imposed restrictions on this particular video. Damn fascists! Hehe. Anyway, here is a longer clip (with some guy's interpretation of things in text interspersed. Ignore all the messages, and watch the movie clip for Dr. Lecter's discourse.)
Of each particular thing, ask: What is it in itself?
What is its nature?
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