Table of Contents

Part 1 Method: forms of life and forms of discourse in ancient philosophy; philosophy, exegesis and creative mistakes. Part 2 Spiritual exercise: spiritual exercise; ancient spirituality and "Christian philosophy". Part 3 Figures: the figure of Socrates; Marcus Aureliu; reflections of the idea of the "cultivation of the self". Part 4 Themes: only the present is our happiness; the view from above; the sage and the world; philosophy as a way of life.

About the Author

Pierre Hadot is Professor of the History of Hellenistic andRoman Thought at the College de France. He studied philosophy atthe Sorbonne from 1942 to 1946, later becoming first a researcherand then director of studies at the �cole Practique des Hautes�tudes in Paris. He is the author of several landmark essays, collected together in Exercices Spirituels et PhilosophieAntique (Second Edition, 1987).

Reviews

"Hadot's essays exhibit impressive scholarship and a habit ofprofound reflection. This is not a book for the casual reader butit is an important publication and should be a required text forevery student of philosophy, classics and the history of ideas, andfor any serious teacher of these subjects." The Tablet
"Hadot's work is very engaging, knowledgeable, well written and insightful. I highly recommend this book for bothgeneral and professional readers." Richard S. Findler, Phildept, Slippery Rock University for the History of EuropeanIdeas
"Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduatestudents, and faculty." H. L. Shapiro, University of Missourifor Choice