CIUDADELA INTERIOR,LA 13¦ED

HADOT,PIERRE

ISBN 10: 8492837470 / ISBN 13: 9788492837472

Published by EDICIONES ALPHA DECAY S.A, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CIUDADELA INTERIOR,LA 13¦ED
• Publisher: EDICIONES ALPHA DECAY S.A
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 8492837470
• ISBN 13: 9788492837472
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Condition: Nuevo

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Synopsis

In this stirring introduction to Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, noted French philosopher Pierre Hadot offers proof of the way in which the Roman emperor’s thoughts form part of a tradition of spiritual exercise that spans the period between the ancient Greek philosophers to Michel Foucault. This treatise analyzes Meditations as the work of a man of action who sought serenity primarily because it was an essential precondition for efficiency. Hadot examines the possible applications of Aurelius’s views on governance—an approach in which the city was a symbol of the ruler’s own soul, and thus intimately tied to his spiritual praxis—to modern society, posing questions and offering proposals to readers who, at a time of tremendous economic uncertainty, might look to philosophy for a more fulfilling way of life. Ultimately, the book argues that true philosophy isn’t merely the practice of addressing abstract problems and issues, but a concrete way of bettering our way of life.

About the Author

Pierre Hadot was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy specializing in ancient philosophy. He was among the first French authors to introduce Ludwig Wittgenstein’s thought into France, and his views on philosophy as a way of life influenced Michel Foucault. Arnold I. Davidson is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of philosophy, comparative literature, and romance languages and literatures, as well as in the Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science and the Divinity School, at the University of Chicago. He is the European editor of the journal Critical Inquiry and is also a director of the France Chicago Center. He lives in Chicago.