Philosophy as a Way of Life
Ancients and Moderns – Essays in Honor of Pierre Hadot
Michael Chase, Stephen R. L. Clark & Michael McGhee (eds), New York: Wiley, 2013, 344 p.
Description
This unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot’s revolutionary approach to studying and practising philosophy traces the links between his work and that of thinkers from Wittgenstein to the French postmodernists. It shows how his secular spiritual exercises expand our horizons, enabling us to be in a fuller, more authentic way.
- Comprehensive treatment of a neglected theme: philosophy’s practical relevance in our lives
- Interdisciplinary analysis reflects the wide influence of Hadot’s thought
- Explores the links between Hadot’s ideas and those of a wealth of ancient and modern thinkers, including the French postmodernists
- Offers a practical ‘third way’ in philosophy beyond the dichotomy of Continental and analytical traditions
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Table of contents
Notes on Contributors
Foreword by John H. Spencer
CHAPTER 1
Introduction – Michael Chase
CHAPTER 2
Ancient Philosophers: A First Statistical Survey – Richard Goulet
CHAPTER 3
Philosophy as a Way of Life: As Textual and More Than Textual Practice – Richard Shusterman
CHAPTER 4
Charismatic Authority, Spiritual Guidance, and Way of Life in the Pythagorean Tradition – Constantinos Macris
CHAPTER 5
Alcibiades’ Love – Jan Zwicky
CHAPTER 6
Stoics and Bodhisattvas: Spiritual Exercise and Faith in Two Philosophical Traditions – Matthew T. Kapstein
CHAPTER 7
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from the Buddha to Tagore – Jonardon Ganeri
CHAPTER 8
Approaching Islamic Philosophical Texts: Reading Mullā Sadrā Šīrāzī (d. 1635) with Pierre Hadot – Sajjad H. Rizvi
CHAPTER 9
Philosophy and Self‐improvement: Continuity and Change in Philosophy’s Self‐conception from the Classical to the Early‐modern Era – John Cottingham
CHAPTER 10
Descartes’ Meditations: Practical Metaphysics: The Father of Rationalism in the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises – Theodor Kobusch
CHAPTER 11
Leading a Philosophical Life in Dark Times: The Case of Leonard Nelson and His Followers – Fernando Leal
CHAPTER 12
Philosophy as a Way of Life and Anti‐philosophy – Gwenaëlle Aubry
CHAPTER 13
Philosophy and Gestalt Psychotherapy – Paul O’Grady
CHAPTER 14
Wittgenstein’s Temple: Or How Cool is Philosophy? – Michael McGhee
CHAPTER 15
Observations on Pierre Hadot’s Conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life – Michael Chase
Bibliography
Index
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