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

Title: Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Author: Pierre Hadot
F: 1703945
ISBN: 9780631180333
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 320
Section: Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher 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. Hadot'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.