English summary: This collection of texts illustrates the considerable contributions of Pierre Hadot to the study of philosophy, especially his idea that ancient philosophy was concomitantly theory, discourse, and lifestyle. He postulated that the practice of philosophy was not something added to theory, but was an integral part of philosophy for the classical world. Philosophers instructed and transmitted ideas while also demonstrating by their daily habits and actions the theories they spread. French description: ...
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English summary: This collection of texts illustrates the considerable contributions of Pierre Hadot to the study of philosophy, especially his idea that ancient philosophy was concomitantly theory, discourse, and lifestyle. He postulated that the practice of philosophy was not something added to theory, but was an integral part of philosophy for the classical world. Philosophers instructed and transmitted ideas while also demonstrating by their daily habits and actions the theories they spread. French description: Specialiste du stoicisme et de Marc Aurele, Pierre Hadot a developpe une vision originale de la philosophie antique entendue non comme un systeme mais comme un exercice preparatoire a la sagesse, un exercice spirituel. D'ou notamment le titre de l'un de ses ouvrages la philosophie comme maniere de vivre. On en trouvera ici l'illustration a travers des textes de diverses epoques, souvent rares et parfois inedits, qui soulignent l'articulation existant entre le discours philosophique et sa mise en uvre pratique. Des modeles de bonheur proposes par les philosophes antiques aux ecrits de Marc Aurele en passant par la figure du sage dans l'Antiquite greco-latine, ce recueil ouvre a l'homme d'aujourd'hui les chemins grace auxquels, selon le mot de l'auteur, une philosophie toute orientee vers une forme de praxis lui permet de mieux reussir son engagement dans l'existence.
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Add this copy of Discours Et Mode De Vie Philosophique to cart. $36.77, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Belles Lettres.
