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Pierre Hadot

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Philosophy as a Way of Life

  1. IDEA 1

    Spiritual exercises

    Ancient philosophy was a practice: meditation, self-examination and training attention, not just abstract theory.

  2. IDEA 2

    Attention to the present

    The Stoics trained themselves to focus fully on the present action.

  3. IDEA 3

    The view from above

    Imagine looking down on the Earth from high above. Your worries shrink to their real size.

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