THE ART OF LIVING Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault

University of California Press, 1998

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Year of publication

1998

Author

Nehamas, Alexander

Publishers

University of California Press

Keyword

Greek Philosophy Philosophy & Philosophers INFLUENCE Plato &, Platonic Dialogues SOCRATES Foucault Nietzsche Philosophy

Dust jacket

Yes

State of preservation

Very Good

Languages

English

Binding

Hardcover

Description

Some pencil notes to rear inner cover. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Xi, 283pp. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect of philosophy has been much less dominant in modernity than it was in ancient Greece and Rome, when philosophers of all stripes kept returning to Socrates as a model for living. The idea of philosophy as an art of living has survived in the works of such major modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Each of these writers has used philosophical discussion as a means of establishing what a person is and how a worthwhile life is to be lived. In this wide-ranging, brilliantly written account, Alexander Nehamas provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. ; Sather Classical Lectures 61; 283 pages