The present alone is our happiness : conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson /

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Author / Creator:Hadot, Pierre.
Uniform title:Philosophie comme manière de vivre. English
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Description:xxi, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cultural memory in the present
Cultural memory in the present.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8403443
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Other authors / contributors:Carlier, Jeannie.
Davidson, Arnold I. (Arnold Ira), 1955-
Djaballah, Marc, 1975-
Chase, Michael, 1959-
ISBN:9780804775434 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804775435 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Translation of: La Philosophie comme manière de vivre.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Éloge: Pierre Hadot
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tied to the Apron Strings of the Church
  • 2. Researcher, Teacher, and Philosopher
  • 3. Philosophical Discourse
  • 4. Interpretation, Objectivity, and Mistakes
  • 5. Unitary Experience and Philosophical Life
  • 6. Philosophical Discourse as Spiritual Exercise
  • 7. Philosophy as Life and as Quest for Wisdom
  • 8. From Socrates to Foucault: A Long Tradition
  • 9. Unacceptable?
  • 10. The Present Alone Is Our Happiness
  • 11. What Is Ethics?
  • 12. Is Philosophy a Luxury?
  • Postface
  • Notes