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Philosophy as a way of life : historical, contemporary, and pedagogical perspectives /

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"In the ancient world, philosophy was understood to be a practical guide for living, or even itself a way of life. For philosophers today to ignore this dimension of philosophy is not to ignore an accidental subset of the subject that can be divorced from its essential nature - it is to ignore...

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Other Authors: Ambury, James M. (Editor), Irani, Tushar, 1980- (Editor), Wallace, Kathleen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2021.
Series:Metaphilosophy series in philosophy.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Conduct of life.
Life.
Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / James M. Ambury, Tushar Irani, and Kathleen Wallace
  • Ancient Greek philosophia in India as a way of life / Christopher Moore
  • Philosophy and the good life in the Zhuangzi / Pengbo Liu
  • Esoteric Confucianism, moral dilemmas, and filial piety / William Sin
  • Renaissance humanism and philosophy as a way of life / John Sellars
  • Cartesian philosophy as spiritual practice / Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr.
  • Leibniz's philosophy as a way of life? / Paul Lodge
  • Philosophy as a feminist spirituality and critical practice for Mary Astell / Simone Webb
  • Nietzsche and Unamuno on conatus and the agapeic way of life / Alberto Oya
  • Ways of discourse and ways of life : Plato on the conflict between poetry and philosophy / I-Kai Jeng
  • Stoicism and its telos : insights from Michel Foucault / Robin Weiss
  • Philosophy as a way of life today : history, criticism, and apology / Marta Faustino
  • Setting limits to practical reflection : against philosophy as a way of life / Vitor Sommavilla
  • What it takes to live philosophically : or, how to progress in the art of living / Caleb Cohoe and Stephen R. Grimm
  • Why practice philosophy as a way of life? / Javier Hidalgo
  • On the benefits of philosophy as a way of life in a general introductory course / Jake Wright
  • Philosophy as empirical exploration of living : an approach to courses in philosophy as a way of life / Steven Horst.