La cittadella interiore. Introduzione ai «Pensieri» di Marco Aurelio
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Sorgente di saggezza inesauribile, I pensieri, a quasi duemila anni dalla loro composizione, conservano intatte la loro forza e pregnanza sul lettore moderno, come testimoniano le molteplici traduzioni esistenti. Apparentemente essi non presentano particolari difficoltà e tuttavia, sostiene Hadot, la loro limpidezza è ingannevole e può risultare oscurata dai pregiudizi che spesso inficiano la nostra lettura dei testi antichi. Sgombrare il campo da tali preconcetti, per consentire al lettore moderno una più autentica comprensione di un testo tanto significativo, è quanto si propone di fare Pierre Hadot in questa "introduzione alla lettura dei Pensieri", così come egli stesso definisce il suo saggio.
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- Pagine: 340
- Data di uscita: 01-09-1996
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If my house was on fire and I had time to grab just one thing before I rushed out, it would be this book.
An absolute must read for anyone interested in practical philosophy, philosophy as a way of life, and especially Stoicism. Although the book is about Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, in reality almost half of it is (rightly) devoted to the Stoic philosopher that most influenced Marcus: the slave-turned Leggi tutto
If you were to pick up the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and read it without any kind of background or context, you’d probably come away with the feeling that the text is random, disorganized, and without structure. Since the Meditations were never intended for publication, Marcus didn’t go out of Leggi tutto
Aurelius' Meditations is one of my favorite works, I try to re-read it at the start of every year, this book added a layer to how I understand and think about the book. Recommended to those who find value in Meditations , and perhaps stoicism more generally (Hadot does extensively quote from Aurelius Leggi tutto
This book is ultra dense and ultra repetitive. The beginning is quite interesting, putting Stoicism into the greater context of history. Also, learning how utterly difficult it is to interpret such an old text, is quite interesting: Language barriers. Different customs, phrases, idioms. Lost passage Leggi tutto
made an interesting point about the difference between Platonic and Stoic conceptions of reason. In short, Platonist's divide the soul into good and bad parts; reason is good, passion, impulse, everything irrational is bad. For Stoics, however, there is no division within the soul, rather a soul bec Leggi tutto
Of the three major Stoic writers - Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius - I've always been an Epictetus guy. But Hadot's amazing book has cause me to, if not move Epictetus out of first place, certainly to elevate Marcus Aurelius. Erudite, engaging, and hugely informative - it's one of the first b Leggi tutto
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