Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions by Michael Ure (Eng

Description: Philosophy as a Way of Life by Michael Ure, Matthew Sharpe In this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the medievals, Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers, to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Foucault and Hadot. They examine the kinds of practical exercises each thinker recommended to transform their philosophy into manners of living.Philosophy as a Way of Life also examines the recent resurgence of thinking about philosophy as a practical, lived reality and why this ancient tradition still has so much relevance and power in the contemporary world. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Matthew Sharpe is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia. He is co-author of Zizek and Politics : a Critical Introduction (2010) and Understanding Psychoanalysis (2008) and author of Slavoj Zizek: a Little Piece of the Real (2004) and Camus, Philosophe: to Return to Our Beginnings (2016)Michael Ure is Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia. He is author of Nietzsches Therapy: Self-Cultivation in the Middle Works (2008) and Nietzsches The Gay Science (2018) and co-editor of The Politics of Compassion (2014) Table of Contents IntroductionPart 1: The AncientsCh. 1. Socrates and the Inception of Philosophy as a Way of Life1.1 the atopia of Socrates1.2 a founding exception1.3 Socrates contra the Sophists1.4 the elenchus as spiritual exercise1.5 care of the psyche1.6 the sage and the Socratic paradoxes1.7 the Socratic legacyCh. 2. Epicureanism: Philosophy as a Divine Way of Life2.1 Introduction2.2 Epicureanism as way of life, therapy, and of writing2.3 the turn inwards: against empty opinions, unnatural and unnecessary desires2.4 Epicurus revaluation of happiness, pleasure and the good2.5 the gods and the figure of the sage2.6 the four-fold cure, and physics as spiritual exercise2.7 spiritual exercises in the garden2.7` CriticismsCh. 3. Stoicism: Philosophy as the Art of Living3.1 Wisdom, knowledge of things human and divine, and an art of living3.2 The Socratic lineage: dialectic, the emotions, and the sufficiency of virtue3.3 From Musonius Rufus to Seneca3.4 Epictetus Paranetic Discourses, and his Handbook3.5 Marcus Aurelius Meditations (Ta Eis Heauton)Ch. 4. Platonisms as Ways of Life4.1 Introduction: Platonisms4.2 From Arcesilaus to Pyrrhonism: scepticism as a way life4.3 Cicero: the philosopher as rhetorician and physician of the soul4.4 Plotinus philosophical mysticism4.5 Boethius and the end of ancient philosophyPart 2: medievals and early modernsCh. 5. Philosophy as a way of life in the middle ages5.1 On Christianity as "philosophy"5.2 Monastic philosophia, and the Christianisation of spiritual exercises5.3 Scholasticism, the theoreticisation of philosophia, & the ascendancy of dialectic5.4 Counter-strains: from Abelard to Dantes Il ConvivioCh. 6. The Renaissance of Philosophy as a Way of Life6.1 Philosophy, the humanisti, and the ascendancy of rhetoric6.2 Petrarchs Christian-Stoic medicines of the mind6.3 Montaigne: The essayist as philosopher6.4 Justus Lipsius NeostoicismCh. 7. Cultura Animi in Early Modern Philosophy7.1 The end of PWL (again)?7.2 Francis Bacon: the Idols and the Georgics of the mind7.3 On Descartes, Method and MeditationsCh. 8. Figures of the philosophe in the French enlightenment8.1 "The philosophe"8.2 Voltaire and the view from Sirius8.3 Diderot and his SenecaPart 3: the modernsInterlude: The Nineteenth Century Conflict between PWL and University PhilosophyCh. 9. Schopenhauer: Philosophy as the Way Out of Life9.1 Introduction9.2 Philosophy against sophistry (again)9.3 Two cheers for Stoicism9.4 The Saint versus the Sage9.5 Schopenhauerian salvationCh. 10. Nietzsche: Philosophy as the Return to Life10.1 Introduction10.2 Nietzsches metaphilosophical meditations10.3 Nietzsches philosophy as a spiritual exercise10.4 Nietzsches spiritual exercise: eternal recurrence10.5 ConclusionCh. 11. FoucaultsReinvention of Philosophy as a Way of Life11.1 Philosophical heroism: Foucaults Cynics11.2 Foucaults reinvention of Philosophy as a Way of Life11.3 Genealogy as spiritual exercise11.4 ConclusionConclusion1. PWL, today2. History, declines and rebirths3. Criticisms4. PWL of the future? Review Sharpe and Ure have written a fantastic book and have made an important contribution to PWL as a sub-discipline. They acknowledge their debt to Hadot whilst building upon his work with their own scholarship in an outstanding way. The book works well for both the specialist and as an introduction for the beginner. It encourages a radical and welcome rethinking of what philosophy actually is and allows us to see it in a new and exciting way, not just as something to be studied, but as something to be lived. * Philosophy in Review *Not just arguments but a call to a way of life – this is the vision of philosophy that is traced in this book, from Socrates to Nietzsche and Foucault. Inspired by the work of Pierre and Ilsetraut Hadot, the authors offer for the first time an alternative history that gives philosophys transformative promise its due. * David Konstan, Professor of Classics, New York University, USA *I highly recommend this book. It offers an extraordinarily rich and insightful dive into what it means for philosophy to be a way of life--not simply an object of abstract study. Along the way, it showcases not only many giants of philosophy, but also neglected and underappreciated figures and traditions, all with skill, subtle attention to detail, and clarity. A very impressive and important work. * Stephen Grimm, Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA *Sharpe and Ure have undertaken a hugely ambitious task and they have completed it admirably. They have produced a rich and fascinating study of both the concept and the history of philosophy understood as a way of life. It must surely become a standard point of reference in any future discussions of this topic but it also deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in the history of philosophy and in the very concept of philosophy itself. * John Sellars, Reader in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK *Philosophy as a Way of Life is a milestone in the contemporary re-appraisal of this ancient concept. For anyone interested in the history of philosophy or the topic of metaphilosophy, this surely fills an important gap in the literature. It will provide an invaluable foundation for future research in this area. * Donald Robertson, Author of "Stoicism And The Art Of Happiness" and "How To Think Like A Roman Emperor" * Promotional The first introduction to philosophy as a way of life from antiquity to the present. Review Quote Sharpe and Ure have undertaken a hugely ambitious task and they have completed it admirably. They have produced a rich and fascinating study of both the concept and the history of philosophy understood as a way of life. It must surely become a standard point of reference in any future discussions of this topic but it also deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in the history of philosophy and in the very concept of philosophy itself. Promotional "Headline" The first introduction to philosophy as a way of life from antiquity to the present. Feature This is the first introduction/primer to this idea. There is no other introductory text on the market. Details ISBN1350102156 Author Matthew Sharpe Short Title Philosophy As a Way of Life Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1350102156 ISBN-13 9781350102156 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2021-07-15 NZ Release Date 2021-07-15 Series Re-inventing Philosophy as a Way of Life Pages 424 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2021-07-15 Subtitle History, Dimensions, Directions DEWEY 100 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2021-07-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132753425;

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