Excercises Spirituels et Philosophie Antique

Name: Excercises Spirituels et Philosophie Antique
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ISBN: 9780631180333

ISBN-10: 0631180338

ISBN-13: 9780631180333

Edition: 1995

Authors: Pierre Hadot, Arnold Davidson, Michael Chase

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Pierre Hadot is arguably one of the most influential and wide-ranging historians of ancient philosophy writing today. As well as having an important influence on the work of Michel Foucault, Hadot's work has been pivotal in the development of contemporary French philosophy. His work is currently concerned with a redefinition of modern philosophy through a study of ancient life and ancient philosophical texts. This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual…

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List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Pierre Hadot was Professor Emeritus, CollÃ¨ge de France. His books include Philosophy as a Way of Life and Plotinus.



Translator's Note


Introduction



Method



Forms of Life and Forms of Discourse in Ancient Philosophy



Philosophy, Exegesis and Creative Mistakes



Spiritual Exercise



Spiritual Exercise



Ancient Spirituality and 'Christian Philosophy.'



Figures



Figure of Socrates



Marcus Aurelius



Reflections of the Idea of the 'Cultivation of the Self'



Themes



Only the Present is our Happiness



The View From Above



The Sage and the World



Philosophy as a Way of Life


Postscript


Bibliography


Index