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  • Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision

    by Pierre Hadot ...
    Translated by Michael Chase ...
    "Without doubt this is the best introduction to the personal and spiritual side of Plotinian philosophy." —John Bussanich, International Journal of the Classical TraditionSince its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation—complete with a useful ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Selected Writings of Pierre Hadot

    Philosophy as Practice

    by Pierre Hadot ...
    Translated by Federico Testa, Matthew Sharpe ...
    Series series Re-inventing Philosophy as a Way of Life
    This collection of writings from Pierre Hadot (1992-2010) presents, for the first time, previously unreleased and in some cases untranslated materials from one of the world's most prominent classical philosophers and historians of thought.As a passionate proponent of philosophy as a 'way of life' (most powerfully communicated in the life of Socrates), Pierre Hadot rejuvenated interest in the ... Read more

    $38.89 CAD

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    Philosophy as a Way of Life

    Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault

    by Pierre Hadot ...
    Narrated by Mike Fraser ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 56 min

    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. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

  • Don't Forget to Live

    Goethe and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises

    by Pierre Hadot ...
    Translated by Michael Chase ...
    Series series The France Chicago Collection
    The esteemed French philosopher Pierre Hadot’s final work, now available in English.With a foreword by Arnold I. Davidson and Daniele Lorenzini.In his final book, renowned philosopher Pierre Hadot explores Goethe’s relationship with ancient spiritual exercises—transformative acts of intellect, imagination, or will. Goethe sought both an intense experience of the present moment as well as a kind of ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

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