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Philosophy as a Way of Life

Historical, Contemporary, and Pedagogical Perspectives
Series: Metaphilosophy
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Philosophy as a Way of Life explores the idea that philosophy is not just an academic subject but a practical approach to living. It delves into the teachings of ancient philosophers, particularly from the Greco-Roman tradition, emphasising how their thoughts can be applied to improve personal and ethical development in everyday life.
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"First published as Metaphilosophy volume 51, nos. 2-3 (April 2020)."

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In the ancient world, philosophy was understood to be a practical guide for living, or even itself a way of life. This volume of essays brings historical views about philosophy as a way of life, coupled with their modern equivalents, more prevalently into the domain of the contemporary scholarly world.

Philosophy as a Way of Life illustrates how the articulation of philosophy as a way of life and its pedagogical implementation advances the love of wisdom. It questions how we might convey the love of wisdom as not only a body of dogmatic principles and axiomatic truths but also as a lived exercise that can be practiced.

This book offers a collection of essays on an emerging field of philosophical research. It is essential reading for academics, researchers, and scholars of philosophy, moral philosophy, and pedagogy, as well as business and professional people who have an interest in expanding their horizons.

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    In the ancient world, philosophy was understood to be a practical guide for living, or even itself a way of life. This volume of essays brings historical views about philosophy as a way of life, coupled with their modern equivalents, more prevalently into the domain of the contemporary scholarly world. Philosophy as a Way of Life illustrates how the articulation...
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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119746867

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Contributors:

  • Edited by James M. Ambury
  • Edited by Tushar Irani
  • Edited by Kathleen Wallace

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 336

About the Author

JAMES M. AMBURY is an associate professor of philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Mellon Philosophy as a Way of Life Network. He is the co-editor (with Andy German) of Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy (2019) and has published articles in Ancient Philosophy, International Philosophical Quarterly, Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, Dionysius, and Plato.

TUSHAR IRANI is an associate professor of philosophy and letters at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. Apart from his interests in philosophy as a way of life, he works on issues of philosophical method, the history and practice of rhetoric, virtue ethics, and moral psychology in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He is the author most recently of Plato on the Value of Philosophy: The Art of Argument in the Gorgias and Phaedrus (2017).

KATHLEEN WALLACE is professor of philosophy at Hofstra University. She is the author of The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity (2019). In addition to her interest in philosophy as a way of life, her work spans interests in personal identity and anonymity, ethics, metaphysics, and American philosophy. She is currently on the Board of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and is also the book review editor for Metaphilosophy.

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