Monday, September 04, 2023
Fit of Rage
Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023), p. 621:
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Furthermore, [Pierre] Hadot's standards for public comportment were as unflinching as were those of any late antique man. He had been present when the future Pope John XXIII was papal nuncio in Paris and was solemnly entertained at Saint-Sulpice. A pious layman who was serving at table poured the nuncio's wine from the wrong side. The nuncio exploded at the gaffe. Looking back to this fit of rage, Hadot concluded that John XXIII, though now beatified, may not have been a saint by ancient standards.10Id. (June, 1982; he = Hadot):
10. Hadot, La philosophie comme manière de vivre, 188.
After a long and happy lunch, he turned to me and said, "You know, Professor Brown, the more I study the ancient philosophers, the less Christianity means to me."
