“Only he who is capable of a genuine encounter with the other is capable of an authentic encounter with himself”

—  Pierre Hadot

trans. Michael Chase (1995), p. 91
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre (2001)
Context: Only he who is capable of a genuine encounter with the other is capable of an authentic encounter with himself, and the converse is equally true…From this perspective, every spiritual exercise is a dialogue, insofar as it is an exercise of authentic presence, to oneself and to others.

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