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First published in France as Exercices spirituels et philosophie antique by Pierre Hadot © Editions Albin Michel, Paris 2002 and Copyright © Société d’Édition Les Belles Lettres, 2014 and 2010 (for ‘La Fin du Paganisme’)

First published in Great Britain 2020

English-language translation © Matthew Sharpe and Federico Testa 2020

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ISBN:      HB:          978-1-4742-7297-1

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Series: Re-inventing Philosophy as a Way of Life

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