“Here we come upon one of the most profound reasons for Socratic irony: direct language is not adequate for communicating the experience of existing, the authentic consciousness of being, the seriousness of life as we live it, or the solitude of decision making.”

—  Pierre Hadot

trans. Michael Chase (1995), p. 156
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre (2001)

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