Description
Product ID: | 9780631180333 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Philosophy as a Way of Life |
Subtitle: | Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault |
Authors: | Author: Pierre Hadot, Arnold Davidson |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, Other non-Christian religions |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. |
Imprint Name: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Publisher Name: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1995-06-17 |