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PIERRE HADOT - GEBRAUCHT WHAT IS ANCIENT PHILOS...

A "magisterial mappa mundi" of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for
decades  this ambitious work revises our view of ancient philosophy--and in doing so  proposes
that we change the way we see philosophy itself. Hadot takes ancient philosophy out of its
customary realm of names  dates  and arid abstractions and plants it squarely in the thick of
life. Through a meticulous historical reading  he shows how the various schools  trends  and
ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy all tended toward one goal: to provide a means for
achieving happiness in this life  by transforming the individual's mode of perceiving and being
in the world. Most pressing for Hadot is the question of how the ancients conceived of
philosophy. He argues in great detail  systematically covering the ideas of the earliest Greek
thinkers  Hellenistic philosophy  and late antiquity  that ancient philosophers were concerned
not just to develop philosophical theories  but to practice philosophy as a way of life-a way
of life to be suggested  illuminated  and justified by their philosophical "discourse." For the
ancients  philosophical theory and the philosophical way of life were inseparably linked. "What
Is Ancient Philosophy?" also explains why this connection broke down  most conspicuously in the
case of academic  professional philosophers  especially under the influence of Christianity.
Finally  Hadot turns to the question of whether and how this connection might be reestablished.
Even as it brings ancient thoughts and thinkers to life  this invigorating work provides
direction for those who wish to improve their lives by means of genuine philosophical thought.

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