Book Review #5 of 2023: Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot

Joshua Derrick
6 min readMay 25, 2023

“Such is the lesson of ancient philosophy: an invitation to each human being to transform himself. Philosophy is a conversion, a transformation of one’s way of being and living, and a quest for wisdom. This is not an easy matter”. (PaWoL, pg . 275).

I’ve always been interested in practical applications of things, even if my path in life has led me…

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Joshua Derrick

Every honest man puts his name to what he writes. Language learning, literature and biology. Blog transitioning to substack: https://deusexvita.substack.com/