{"product_id":"philosophy-as-a-way-of-life-isbn-9781405161619","title":"Philosophy as a Way of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy as a Way of Life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot’s revolutionary methodological approach to studying and practicing philosophy explores Hadot’s primary conviction that philosophy itself goes beyond solving puzzles and analyzing abstract arguments. Hadot believed that philosophy is a key part of humanity’s search for happiness, that it can transform our perception of the world, and thus can alter our very mode of being. His argument that the goal of philosophy is to shift our focus away from our habitual obsession with individuality, and to embrace universality and objectivity, has resonated with thinkers across the Academy – and outside it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering genuinely interdisciplinary analysis of Hadot’s work and philosophical practice, this volume includes papers written from a gamut of philosophical, historical, and geographical perspectives. Articles address issues in the history of philosophy from Pythagoras to Descartes, by way of Islamic thought, thus corresponding to Hadot’s view of the importance of philologically based analysis of ancient texts and historical contexts. Others study the presence of ideas related to, or influenced by, Hadot in contemporary thought, from Wittgenstein to Leonard Nelson, analytic philosophy, and French postmodernism. The result is a wide-ranging publication pointing to an additional “third way” alongside the traditional approaches of Continental and analytic philosophy, one that expands our horizons with secular spiritual exercises designed to enable us to be in a fuller, more authentic way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by John H. Spencer xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Chase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ancient Philosophers: A First Statistical Survey 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Goulet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Color plate section is between page 32 and 33)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Philosophy as a Way of Life: As Textual and More Than Textual Practice 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Shusterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Charismatic Authority, Spiritual Guidance, and Way of Life in the Pythagorean Tradition 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstantinos Macris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Alcibiades’ Love 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Zwicky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Stoics and Bodhisattvas: Spiritual Exercise and Faith in Two Philosophical Traditions 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew T. Kapstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from the Buddha to Tagore 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonardon Ganeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Approaching Islamic Philosophical Texts: Reading Mulla¯ Sadra¯ Sırazı (d. 1635) with Pierre Hadot 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSajjad H. Rizvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Philosophy and Self-improvement: Continuity and Change in Philosophy’s Self-conception from the Classical to the Early-modern Era 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Cottingham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Descartes’ Meditations: Practical Metaphysics: The Father of Rationalism in the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodor Kobusch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Leading a Philosophical Life in Dark Times: The Case of Leonard Nelson and His Followers 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFernando Leal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Philosophy as a Way of Life and Anti-philosophy 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGwenaelle Aubry ¨\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Philosophy and Gestalt Psychotherapy 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul O’Grady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Wittgenstein’s Temple: Or How Cool is Philosophy? 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael McGhee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Observations on Pierre Hadot’s Conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Chase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Chase\u003c\/b\u003e is a Researcher at the Jean Pépin Centre of the National Centre of Scientific Research, Paris. A former student of Pierre Hadot himself, he has completed numerous translations of Hadot’s works, and has also published on Late Greek and Latin Neoplatonism, Patristics, and Islamic and Medieval thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Stephen R. L. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eAristotle’s Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eFrom Athens to Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eCivil Peace and Sacred Order\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eBiology and Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Faith\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eAncient Mediterranean Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael McGhee\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Senior Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTransformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), as well as of a number of articles on moral philosophy, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot’s revolutionary methodological approach to studying and practicing philosophy explores Hadot’s primary conviction that philosophy itself goes beyond solving puzzles and analyzing abstract arguments. Hadot believed that philosophy is a key part of humanity’s search for happiness, that it can transform our perception of the world, and thus can alter our very mode of being. His argument that the goal of philosophy is to shift our focus away from our habitual obsession with individuality, and to embrace universality and objectivity, has resonated with thinkers across the Academy – and outside it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering genuinely interdisciplinary analysis of Hadot’s work and philosophical practice, this volume includes papers written from a gamut of philosophical, historical, and geographical perspectives. Articles address issues in the history of philosophy from Pythagoras to Descartes, by way of Islamic thought, thus corresponding to Hadot’s view of the importance of philologically based analysis of ancient texts and historical contexts. Others study the presence of ideas related to, or influenced by, Hadot in contemporary thought, from Wittgenstein to Leonard Nelson, analytic philosophy, and French postmodernism. The result is a wide-ranging publication pointing to an additional “third way” alongside the traditional approaches of Continental and analytic philosophy, one that expands our horizons with secular spiritual exercises designed to enable us to be in a fuller, more authentic way.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a most valuable collection of essays, stimulated as it is by the thought of Pierre Hadot, which will help to bring the concept of philosophy as a way of life to an English-speaking audience. Chase, Clark, and McGhee put us all in their debt for assembling this fine and varied collection.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e— John Dillon, Regius Professor of Greek (Emeritus), Trinity College Dublin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"By comparing Hindus, Buddhists, Stoics, Pythagoreans and Descartes, and interpreting Hadot, this important book reveals, as never before, the diversities in the practice of philosophy as a way of life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Richard Sorabji, Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989779169509,"sku":"NP9781405161619","price":115.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405161619.jpg?v=1761785436","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/philosophy-as-a-way-of-life-isbn-9781405161619","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}