The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, by Pierre Hadot, translated by Michael Chase.

Fashions come and go, even (especially?) in academia. Some thinkers remain consistently popular over time. In the last century, Nietzsche has joined Montaigne as an enduring figure who helps us to understand better the human psyche What emerges from reading Pierre Hadot's recent reflections on the meditations of Marcus Aurelius is the debt some ...

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