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Scholar Pierre Hadot apparently endorses Marcus and descendants risking their life for 400 years at Roman frontiers.

Also, Pierre Hadot has a very good (but scholarly) analysis on it in The Inner Citadel.

This is a fantastic dissection of Marcus Aurelius' work; Hadot studied him for 25 years.

For something weightier, you might look at the works of Pierre Hadot ( Philosophy as a Way of Life and What is Ancient Philosophy?

The Inner Citadel by Hadot is a great analysis of the Meditations.

I like your views on philosophy, and I recently read and liked that Hadot book.

Building on the work of the French historian of philosophy Pierre Hadot, this (open source) web application enables you to practice the ancient written exercises that, Hadot argues, are behind the writings of such Stoics as Marcus Aurelius.

Pierre Hadot wrote that philosophy is a way of life moreso than a domain of thought -- and I tend to believe that in life, the journey is more important than the destination.

I'm reading The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot for the second time.

Here are some books off the top of my head: * The Inner Citadel/Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot * Plato's dialogues (someone already mentioned a few of them, but the Republic was missing from their list).

If you're interested in more modern interpretations of the above, a couple good jumping off points would be A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine (which was mostly pretty good) or The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot (which studies Meditations).

The French philosopher Pierre Hadot summarised the four features that constitute the universal Stoic attitude in his book "Philosophy as a way of life".

>Pierre Hadot's 'The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" As someone who bought this book, I'd caution against a hasty purchases of it.

All else is carried away as by a river." — Horace ••• Sources for quotations: Seneca's 'Letters on Ethics' (full set of letters, excellently translated by Graver and Long); the others are from 'What is Ancient Philosophy?' by Pierre Hadot.

You might like the work of Pierre Hadot, as it's very much in line with the idea that philosophy should mostly concern itself with questions of how individuals ought to live (the "philosophy as therapeutic practice") I'd be curious to hear which philosophers you admire.

If you want to understand Meditations and Marcus Aurelius, you should read The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot.

Protip: Don't bother reading any modern books on Stoicism besides The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot.

The best modern book, in my opinion, is Pierre Hadot's The Inner Citadel.