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Title: Philosophy As a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault by Pierre Hadot, Arnold I. Davidson, Michael Chase ISBN: 0-631-18033-8 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rescuing philosophy
Comment: This book is a great achievement. Hadot, a recognized scholar of classical philosophy, shows us what the classical philosophers were really after. Hadot shows that classical philosophy was primarily about teaching people how to live, and not about creating grandiose systems! This book will fascinate you. (No, I am not related.)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not Philosophy
Comment: Although Hadot does know his stuff, me mostly talks about other people's view on philosophy. I found this book to be quite a tease. Hadot rairly gave a good description or analysis of ancient texts. I was always interested in philosophy, but this book did me no good exept lure me to read Plato: The Republic, which I had read before in college. Plato: The Republic gets to the heart of ancient philosophy by giving a great translation of the ancient Greek texts. Making it feel like you were there when Socrates and Thrasymachus engage in one of the greatest battles of intellect and reason. And their topic of interest; 'what is justice and injustice?' a question that is still debated. Even though these dialoges date back to 380 B.C., their reasoning can still be applied today.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant look at the historicity of philosophy
Comment: While I don't think that everyone should read this book in its entirety, I definitely think that some of the essays contained within this volume help readers and, more importantly, practitioners of philosophy to understand the historical context through which what we now consider philosophy emerged. I found the chapter on the figure of Socrates to be especially enlightening as it sketched a different way to read Plato's dialogues than we are currently accustomed. Philosophy is not a purely theoretical enterprise. I think, with the decline in the popularity of philosophy in recent years, that a book reminding us of the practical uses of philosphy can help us both in making philosophers leave the ivory tower that is all-too-often a place of refuge, and in making people aware of just how important philosophy can be, even to those who aren't accustomed to the theoretical rhetoric sometimes employed.
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Title: What Is Ancient Philosophy? by Pierre Hadot, Michael Chase ISBN: 0674007336 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision by Pierre Hadot, Micahel Chase, Michael Chase ISBN: 0226311945 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Michael Chase, Pierre Hadot ISBN: 0674007077 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault by Alexander Nehamas ISBN: 0520224906 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor ISBN: 0674268636 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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