Hadot's "Active" Three Stoic Exercises
The three exercises are-
- Self Mastery
- Accomplishment of duties
- Indifference to indifferent things
Hadot describes these as "practical exercises, intended to create habits." These exercises correspond perfectly to Epictetus’ three areas of Stoic practice, known in Stoic commentary as the “three disciplines.”
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