Pierre Hadot Quotes on Mind
Pierre Hadot was a French philosopher and historian of ancient thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Pierre Hadot on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Pierre Hadot:
“Spiritual exercises are the practical heart of ancient philosophy.”
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Attributed to Pierre Hadot:
“The cosmos is for us a school of attention.”
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“Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and living consciousness.”
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre(2001) | trans. Michael Chase, p. 157 -
“One must have nothing to do with the partiality of the individual, passionate self in order to raise oneself to the universality of the rational self.”
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre(2001) -
“Here we come upon one of the most profound reasons for Socratic irony: direct language is not adequate for communicating the experience of existing, the authentic consciousness of being, the seriousness of life as we live it, or the solitude of decision making.”
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre(2001) | trans. Michael Chase (1995), p. 156