...to replace, as far as possible, works in the concrete conditions wherein they were written, spiritual conditions in part, that is to say, philosop… - Pierre Hadot

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...to replace, as far as possible, works in the concrete conditions wherein they were written, spiritual conditions in part, that is to say, philosophical, rhetorical or poetic tradition, material conditions in part, that is to say, scholarly and social milieu, constraints stemming from the material support of writing, historical circumstances. Every work must be replaced in the praxis from which it emanates.