The Present Alone Is Our Happiness: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. DavidsonSeries:Cultural Memory in the PresentPublish date:2008-12-23Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804748360ISBN-10:804748365UPC:9780804748360Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Criticism, History & Surveys, MovementsBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.70 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCKEQYFDXH
The Present Alone Is Our Happiness: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson
In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, Pierre Hadot explains that for the Ancients philosophy was not reducible to the building of a theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life.
One of the most influential historians of ancient philosophy in the world today, Hadot is adept at using ancient philosophers to illuminate the relevance of their...
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804748360ISBN-10:804748365UPC:9780804748360Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Criticism, History & Surveys, MovementsBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.70 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCKEQYFDXH
Pierre Hadot is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, where he held the Chair of the History of Hellenistic and Roman Thought. Most of his major works have been translated into English, including Philosophy as a Way of Life, What is Ancient Philosophy? (1995), and The Veil of Isis (2006). His most recent book is N'oublie pas de vivre. Goethe et la tradition des exercices spirituels (2008)....
Publisher: Stanford University Press
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