E-book: A Short Guide to the Inner Citadel
An accessible introduction to one of Pierre Hadot's classics on Stoicism
Dear Reader,
Here is the fifth installment of my ongoing series of free e-books based on essays that have appeared either here at Figs in Winter or at one of my previous blogs.
This new collection presents an in-depth yet accessible commentary on one of the classics of modern Stoicism: Pierre Hadot’s The Inner Citadel, first published in English in 1998.
Hadot’s book is ostensively about Marcus Aurelius, the emperor-philosopher, but in fact about half of it concerns the philosophy of Epictetus, the Stoic teacher that so greatly influenced Marcus.
Enjoy, and remember, Philosophia longa, vita brevis!
~Massimo Pigliucci
Dear Professor Pigliucci:
i have spent the last couple of days reading Professor Hadot's THE INNER CITADEL, and woke up this morning wishing there was some sort of a guide to it. And going on line, there was Your email with exactly what i was looking for.
i have read Your HOW TO BE A STOIC and can only say that i wish You had written that book ~ and that i had read it ~ 50 years ago when i was still trying to sort out the two years i'd spent in Vietnam in 1966-68; or even better, 60 years ago when i was a senior in high school the year President Kennedy was assassinated.
i have also just begun watching Your Wondrium Series THINK LIKE A STOIC, and wish that had come into my life much sooner, as well.
Thank You, Sir, for what You have done, are doing, and will continue to do to bring Stoicism to the 21st century. With deepest respect, ~ jeff
Jeffrey G Moebus
Master Sergeant, US Army [Retired]
Sitka, Alaska
Thank you, kind sir Massimo! These e-books are so helpful - keep them coming (and keep up the great work)!