Chase / Clark / McGhee Philosophy as a Way of Life

Ancients and Moderns - Essays in Honor of Pierre Hadot
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-60921-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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This unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot'srevolutionary approach to studying and practising philosophy tracesthe links between his work and that of thinkers from Wittgensteinto the French postmodernists. It shows how his secular spiritualexercises expand our horizons, enabling us to be in a fuller, moreauthentic way.
* Comprehensive treatment of a neglected theme:philosophy's practical relevance in our lives
* Interdisciplinary analysis reflects the wide influence ofHadot's thought
* Explores the links between Hadot's ideas and those of awealth of ancient and modern thinkers, including the Frenchpostmodernists
* Offers a practical 'third way' in philosophy beyondthe dichotomy of Continental and analytical traditions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chase, Michael

Clark, Stephen R. L.

McGhee, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
Foreword by John H. Spencer xiii
1 Introduction 1
Michael Chase
2 Ancient Philosophers: A First Statistical Survey 10
Richard Goulet
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3 Philosophy as a Way of Life: As Textual and More Than TextualPractice 40
Richard Shusterman
4 Charismatic Authority, Spiritual Guidance, and Way of Life inthe Pythagorean Tradition 57
Constantinos Macris
5 Alcibiades' Love 84
Jan Zwicky
6 Stoics and Bodhisattvas: Spiritual Exercise and Faith in TwoPhilosophical Traditions 99
Matthew T. Kapstein
7 Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from theBuddha to Tagore 116
Jonardon Ganeri
8 Approaching Islamic Philosophical Texts: Reading Mulla SadraSirazi (d. 1635) with Pierre Hadot 132
Sajjad H. Rizvi
9 Philosophy and Self-improvement: Continuity and Change inPhilosophy's Self-conception from the Classical to the Early-modernEra 148
John Cottingham
10 Descartes' Meditations: Practical Metaphysics: The Father ofRationalism in the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises 167
Theodor Kobusch
11 Leading a Philosophical Life in Dark Times: The Case ofLeonard Nelson and His Followers 184
Fernando Leal
12 Philosophy as a Way of Life and Anti-philosophy 210
Gwena¨elle Aubry
13 Philosophy and Gestalt Psychotherapy 223
Paul O'Grady
14 Wittgenstein's Temple: Or How Cool is Philosophy? 241
Michael McGhee
15 Observations on Pierre Hadot's Conception of Philosophy as aWay of Life 262
Michael Chase
Bibliography 287
Index 311

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Chase is a Researcher at the Jean PépinCentre of the National Centre of Scientific Research, Paris. Aformer student of Pierre Hadot himself, he has completed numeroustranslations of Hadot's works, and has also published on LateGreek and Latin Neoplatonism, Patristics, and Islamic and Medievalthought.
Stephen R. L. Clark is Emeritus Professor of Philosophyat the University of Liverpool, UK. His books includeAristotle's Man (1975), From Athens toJerusalem (1984), Civil Peace and Sacred Order (1989),Biology and Christian Ethics (2000), UnderstandingFaith (2009) and Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy(2013).
Michael McGhee is Honorary Senior Fellow at theDepartment of Philosophy, University of Liverpool. He is the authorof Transformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice(2000), as well as of a number of articles on moral philosophy,aesthetics and the philosophy of religion.