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Philosophy as a Way of Life

Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault

by Pierre Hadot · 1995 · 320 pages

Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Ryan Holiday

About This Book

An exploration of the history of spiritual exercises from antiquity to early Christianity, detailing how philosophy was originally practiced as a transformative way of life. The work traces the decline of this practical dimension in modern thought and examines various models of philosophical existence.

Genres

PhilosophyHistorySelf-Improvement

Topics

Ancient GreeceEpicureanismEthicsSpiritual ExercisesStoicismTransformationWisdom

Book Details

Published

1995

Pages

320

Language

fr

ISBN

9780631180326

Audiobook Available

13h 56m
Narrated by Mike Fraser

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