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Pierre Hadot

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Total quotes: 7

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Pierre Hadot

Birthname

Birthplace: Reims, France

Death: April 24, 2010

Nationality: France

Occupations: Professor, Historian, Catholic Priest, Philosopher, Writer

Religion: Roman Catholic Church

Total quotes: 7

“He undertakes everything with a reverse clause... in his most steadfast decisions, he allows for uncertain events.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Obstacles

“Even if an obstacle should arise, action makes it a new source of exercises.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Obstacles

“[Failure allows us] this opportunity to undertake a new action, better adapted to circumstances or else to discipline out of desire by accepting the will of destiny.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Obstacles

“Firm decision and intention always remain integral, even if an obstacle should arise which prevents their realization.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Obstacles

“At each instant, the good person tries to what it seems to him in a reasonable conformity with that which reason wants.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Obstacles

“Stop spinning around like a top... Whenever a representation presents itself, confine yourself to what corresponds exactly to reality.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Impressions

“Objectivity is a virtue and one that is very difficult to practice.”

— Pierre Hadot, The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Tagged: Impressions

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