The Present Alone is Our Happiness, Second Edition: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson
Pierre Hadot
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Paperback. In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves as an introduction to Pierre Hadot's more scholarly works, Hadot explains that for the Ancients, philosophy was not reducible to the building of a theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life. Translator(s): Djaballah, Marc; Chase, Michael. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
One of the most influential historians of ancient philosophy of the past half-century, Pierre Hadot was adept at using ancient philosophers to illuminate the relevance of their ideas to contemporary life. This new edition of The Present Alone is Our Happiness, which has been significantly revised and expanded to include two previously untranslated essays, is an ideal introduction to some of Hadot's more scholarly work. In it, we discover that to be an Epicurean is not merely to think like one; it is to adopt a way of living where limiting desires is the condition for happiness. Being an Aristotelian, ... Read more
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Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804775434
SKU
V9780804775434
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About Pierre Hadot
Pierre Hadot (1922–2010) was Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, where he held the Chair of the History of Hellenistic and Roman Thought. Most of his major works have been translated into English, including Philosophy as a Way of Life (1995), What is Ancient Philosophy? (2004), and The Veil of Isis (2004). Arnold I. Davidson is ... Read more
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"Hadot's refreshing efforts to free philosophy and its history from the sterile constraints of abstract theorizing and academic specialization find a lively and productive outlet in the interviews collected here. Introduced by Jeannie Carlier, a French scholar of Neo-platonic religious thought and friend of Hadot, and conducted in turns by Carlier and Arnold Davidson, the American philosopher and intellectual historian ... Read more