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Description: In this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the medievals, Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers, to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Foucault and Hadot. They examine the kinds of practical exercises each thinker recommended to transform their philosophy into manners of living. Philosophy as a Way of Life also examines the recent resurgence of thinking about philosophy as a practical, lived reality and why this ancient tradition still has so much relevance and power in the contemporary world.

 

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Description: Philosophy as a Way of Life - Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault : Paperback : John Wiley and Sons Ltd : 9780631180333 : 0631180338 : 11 Oct 2016 : 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 exercises. The Book Depository Philosophy as a Way of Life - Spiritual Exercises from by P Hadot - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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Waterstones Philosophy as a Way of Life - Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault

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Description: 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 exercises. Hadota s book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world. Waterstones Philosophy as a Way of Life - Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

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