The Inner Citadel
by Pierre Hadot
Hadot's study of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations: the three disciplines (assent, desire, action), the book as spiritual exercise, and Marcus as practitioner rather than author. The best companion to the Meditations.
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you have read the Meditations and want to understand what Marcus was doing.
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you have not read the Meditations.
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Three things you will actually use
- Discipline of assent: judge rightly.
- Discipline of desire: accept what is given.
- Discipline of action: serve the whole.
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Read the chapter on the three disciplines.
Our verdict
The companion to Marcus.
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