Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions & Directions

Michael Ure, Matthew Sharpe

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York NY USA
PublisherBloomsbury Academic
Number of pages407
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781350102132, 9781350102163
ISBN (Print)9781350102149, 9781350102156
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2021

Publication series

NameReinventing Philosophy as a Way of Life
PublisherBloomsbury Academic

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