Philosophy as a way of life : spiritual exercises from Socrates to Foucault / Pierre Hadot ; edited with an introduction by Arnold I. Davidson ; translated by Michael Chase

By: Hadot, PierreContributor(s): Davidson, Arnold I. (Arnold Ira), 1955-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Description: viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 0631180338 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780631180333 (pbk. : alk. paper); 063118032X (alk. paper); 9780631180326 (alk. paper)Uniform titles: Exercices spirituels et philosophie antique. English Subject(s): Philosophy -- History | Spiritual exercises -- History | PhilosophyGenre/Form: History. DDC classification: 100 LOC classification: B105.S66 | H3313 1995
Contents:
Forms of life and forms of discourse in ancient philosophy -- Philosophy, exegesis, and creative mistakes -- Spiritual exercises -- Ancient spiritual exercises and "Christian philosophy" -- The figure of Socrates -- Marcus Aurelius -- Reflections on the idea of the "cultivation of the self" -- "Only the present is our happiness" : the value of the present instant in Goethe and in ancient philosophy -- The view from above -- The sage and the world -- Philosophy as a way of life
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-300) and index

Forms of life and forms of discourse in ancient philosophy -- Philosophy, exegesis, and creative mistakes -- Spiritual exercises -- Ancient spiritual exercises and "Christian philosophy" -- The figure of Socrates -- Marcus Aurelius -- Reflections on the idea of the "cultivation of the self" -- "Only the present is our happiness" : the value of the present instant in Goethe and in ancient philosophy -- The view from above -- The sage and the world -- Philosophy as a way of life

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