A review by 69beaneater420
What Is Ancient Philosophy? by Pierre Hadot

4.0

For a book that should be pretty boring unless you are fully interested in the topic being discussed, Hadot’s prose lends extremely well to his presentation of his topics. However Hadot is not very concise, and while he may be for the most part clear in his delivery, I found that some meaning was lost due to the length at which he went to present the information in the text. This is more likely to be a fault of the reader than the author as I felt that I would have been better off and gained more from the reading had I taken notes as I went along. Overall Hadot provides a good introduction to not only ancient philosophy but more or less more contemporary philosophical ideas as a whole. Pretty enjoyable experience.