The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius [Audiobook] download free by Pierre Hadot
- Listen audiobook: The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Author: Pierre Hadot
- Release date: 2001/6/20
- Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780674007079
- Rating: 7.87 of 10
- Votes: 574
- Review by: Bobby Fisher
- Review rating: 8.9 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/2
- Duration: 4H44M22S in 256 kbps (73.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-20
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, FLAC, MP3 (compression CBZ, LZ, RAR, TZO, TAR, ZIP, TAR.BZ2)
- Total pages original book: 368
- Includes a PDF summary of 33 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 25M52S (6.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius are treasured today-as they have been over the centuries-as an inexhaustible source of wisdom. And as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism, this is an essential text for everyone interested in ancient religion and philosophy. Yet the clarity and ease of the work's style are deceptive. Pierre Hadot, eminent historian of ancient thought, uncovers new levels of meaning and expands our understanding of its underlying philosophy.Written by the Roman emperor for his own private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations set forth principles for living a good and just life. Hadot probes Marcus Aurelius's guidelines and convictions and discerns the hitherto unperceived conceptual system that grounds them. Abundantly quoting the Meditations to illustrate his analysis, the author allows Marcus Aurelius to speak directly to the reader. And Hadot unfolds for us the philosophical context of the Meditations, commenting on the philosophers Marcus Aurelius read and giving special attention to the teachings of Epictetus, whose disciple he was.The soul, the guiding principle within us, is in Marcus Aurelius's Stoic philosophy an inviolable stronghold of freedom, the 'inner citadel.' This spirited and engaging study of his thought offers a fresh picture of the fascinating philosopher-emperor, a fuller understanding of the tradition and doctrines of Stoicism, and rich insight on the culture of the Roman empire in the second century. Pierre Hadot has been working on Marcus Aurelius for more than twenty years; in this book he distills his analysis and conclusions with extraordinary lucidity for the general reader.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 52.09 USD
- Dimensions: 156x235x22.86mm
- Weight: 463g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Cambridge, Mass, United States
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