Hadot, Pierre. <br/><br/>
Philosophy as a way of life :  spiritual exercises from Socrates to Foucault / 
Pierre Hadot ; edited with an introduction by Arnold I. Davidson ; translated by Michael Chase. 
 - Malden, Massachusetts :  Blackwell,  (c)1995.  (2003 printing)] 
 - viii, 309 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Forms of life and forms of discourse in ancient philosophy --  Philosophy, exegesis, and creative mistakes --  Spiritual exercises --  Ancient spiritual exercises and "Christian philosophy" --  The figure of Socrates --  Marcus Aurelius --  Reflections on the idea of the "cultivation of the self" --  "Only the present is our happiness" : the value of the present instant in Goethe and in ancient philosophy --  The view from above --  The sage and the world --  Philosophy as a way of life. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780631180333 9780631180326 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94028788 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9550280  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy--History.<br/>Spiritual exercises--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B105  / .P455 1995