Philosophy as a way of life : ancients and moderns : essays in honor of Pierre Hadot

 Content: Notes on Contributors vii Foreword by John H. Spencer xiii  1 Introduction 1  Michael Chase   2 Ancient Philosophers: A First Statistical Survey 10  Richard Goulet  (Color plate section is between page 32 and 33)  3 Philosophy as a Way of Life: As Textual and More Than Textual Practice 40  Richard Shusterman   4 Charismatic Authority, Spiritual Guidance, and Way of Life in the Pythagorean Tradition 57  Constantinos Macris   5 Alcibiades\' Love 84  Jan Zwicky   6 Stoics and Bodhisattvas: Spiritual Exercise and Faith in Two Philosophical Traditions 99  Matthew T. Kapstein   7 Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from the Buddha to Tagore 116  Jonardon Ganeri   8 Approaching Islamic Philosophical Texts: Reading Mulla Sadra Sirazi (d. 1635) with Pierre Hadot 132  Sajjad H. Rizvi   9 Philosophy and Self-improvement: Continuity and Change in Philosophy\'s Self-conception from the Classical to the Early-modern Era 148  John Cottingham   10 Descartes\' Meditations: Practical Metaphysics: The Father of Rationalism in the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises 167  Theodor Kobusch   11 Leading a Philosophical Life in Dark Times: The Case of Leonard Nelson and His Followers 184  Fernando Leal   12 Philosophy as a Way of Life and Anti-philosophy 210  Gwena¨elle Aubry   13 Philosophy and Gestalt Psychotherapy 223  Paul O\'Grady   14 Wittgenstein\'s Temple: Or How Cool is Philosophy? 241  Michael McGhee   15 Observations on Pierre Hadot\'s Conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life 262  Michael Chase   Bibliography 287  Index 311