{"product_id":"9781405161619","title":"Philosophy as a Way of Life Ancients and Moderns - Essays in Honor of Pierre Hadot","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePhilosophy as a Way of Life\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAncients and Moderns - Essays in Honor of Pierre Hadot\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Chase | Stephen R. L. Clark | Michael McGhee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 September 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405161619\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e344\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378483916940,"sku":"9781405161619","price":100.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405161619.jpg?v=1780203644","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405161619","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}