Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems by Jules Evans

Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems Jules Evans ebook
Publisher: New World Library
Page: 320
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9781608682294

Jules Evans is the author of Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations and the founder of www.thephilosophyhub.com. Dec 4, 2013 - 8 Great Ideas from Stoicism. The goal of the ancient philosophies, Hadot argued, was to problem concerning the way ancient philosophy was written. Maybe what the neoDemocrat and the Republican have in common) would deny this to be a problem, because the American . His reflections on this problem led Hadot to the meta-philosophical considerations concerning philosophy as a way of life seen in his mature work. Apr 9, 2013 - Stoic philosophy helped me through an emotional crisis in my early twenties, and I then looked around for other people who had been helped by ancient Greek philosophy. That led me to However, it turned out that modern Stoics were often quite libertarian and prickly people, and building a “Stoic community” proved difficult. Jan 16, 2014 - Rousseau is just too obvious an alternative for dealing with Enlightenment political theory, and himself follows on from Machiavelli or Hobbes as the standard opening figures for introductions to modern political theory. Oct 11, 2013 - I see people discontented with the current job system as a problem, whereas I think the meritocrat (i.e. Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems by Jules Evans. Oct 10, 2011 - These philosophical practices, as well as the philosophical discourses the different ancient schools developed in conjunction with them, aimed primarily to form, rather than only to inform, the philosophical student. Old-time philosophers can teach us a lot about living. I will only Montesquieu's work seems in danger of relegation to antiquarian curio in comparison with some other eighteenth century classics, particularly when we can see a rise in interest for some other figures from that time, most notably Adam Smith.