What is Ancient Philosophy? by Pierre Hadot
A magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for decades, this ambitious book revises our view of ancient philosophy - and in doing so, proposes that we change the way we see philosophy itself. Hadot takes ancient philosophy out of its customary realm of names, dates, and arid abstractions and plants it squarely in the thick of life. Through a meticulous historical reading, he shows how the various schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy all tended toward one goal: to provide a means for achieving happiness in this life, by transforming the individual's mode of perceiving and being in the world.
"Pierre Hadot deserves to be better known to English-language readers - and not just because he was a favorite of Michel Foucault's and is the man largely responsible for introducing Wittgenstein to the FrenchBut it is more accurate to say that he is a philosopher who makes use of the ancients for his own ideas... In What Is Ancient Philosophy? Hadot brings all his concerns together in a small volume of extraordinary erudition and surprising... clarity of prose... It is the summa of a distinguished career." - Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review"
Pierre Hadot is Professeur Honoraire, College de France. He is the author of The Inner Citadel from Harvard University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674007338 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674007336 |
| Title | What is Ancient Philosophy? |
| Author | Pierre Hadot |
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| Binding Type | Multiple-component retail product |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2002-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
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