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> [Every person - whether Greek or Barbarian - who is in training for wisdom, leading a blameless, irreproachable life, chooses neither to commit injustice nor return it unto others, but to avoid the company of busybodies, and hold in contempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/every-person-whether-greek-or-barbarian-who-is-in-training-for-wisdom/)

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## More by Pierre Hadot

> [Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/ancient-philosophy-proposed-to-mankind-an-art-of-living-by-contrast/)

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> [To know oneself means, among other things, to know oneself qua non-sage: that is, not as a sophos, but as a philo-sophos, someone on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/to-know-oneself-means-among-other-things-to-know-oneself-qua-non-sage/)

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> [ “All Hellenistic schools seem to define \[wisdom\] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of mind. From… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/all-hellenistic-schools-seem-to-define-wisdom-in-approximately-the/)

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> [One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/one-could-say-that-what-differentiates-ancient-from-modern-philosophy/)

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> [Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/socrates-had-no-system-to-teach-throughout-his-philosophy-was-a/)

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> [There was a Socratic style of life (which the Cynics were to imitate), and the Socratic dialogue was an exercise which brought Socrates' interlocutor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/there-was-a-socratic-style-of-life-which-the-cynics-were-to-imitate/)

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> [Socrates splits himself into two, so that there are two Socrates: the Socrates who knows in advance how the discussion is going to end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/socrates-splits-himself-into-two-so-that-there-are-two-socrates-the/)

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> [Every person - whether Greek or Barbarian - who is in training for wisdom, leading a blameless, irreproachable life, chooses neither to commit injustice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/every-person-whether-greek-or-barbarian-who-is-in-training-for-wisdom/)

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> [Philosophy - reduced, as we have seen, to philosophical discourse - develops from this point on in a different atmosphere and environment from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/philosophy-reduced-as-we-have-seen-to-philosophical-discourse/)

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> [One of the characteristics of the university is that it is made up of professors who train professors, or professionals training professionals. Education was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/one-of-the-characteristics-of-the-university-is-that-it-is-made-up-of/)

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> [Only he who is capable of a genuine encounter with the other is capable of an authentic encounter with himself, and the converse is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-hadot/only-he-who-is-capable-of-a-genuine-encounter-with-the-other-is/)

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