Pierre Hadot fue un filósofo, historiador y filólogo francés cuya obra se centró en el concepto de ejercicios espirituales y la filosofía como modo de vida. Se especializó en el período antiguo, particularmente en el neoplatonismo y el estoicismo, enfatizando la filosofía antigua como un enfoque práctico para vivir. Sus escritos, conocidos por su legibilidad y profunda erudición, conectan constantemente ideas filosóficas con la experiencia personal, la literatura y la espiritualidad.
Pierre Hadot, emérito del Collège de France, defiende la tesis según la cual la filosofía no sería una forma de pensamiento abstracto sino una forma de vivir, una práctica del vivir. En este libro, de una gran belleza y sencillez y que es a la vez la mejor introducción al pensamiento de su autor y al pensamiento de Plotino creador del neoplatonismo y fundador de la estética en Occidente , Hadot desarrolla su tesis de una manera muy asequible. Inolvidables páginas sobre Plotino, de quien Pierre Hadot vertió al francés sus Enéadas con atención a sus dificultades y con gran precisión.
Epicteto, un esclavo que tuvo que exiliarse de Roma precisamente por sus ideas filosóficas, nos ha legado sus consejos para hallar la tranquilidad de espíritu conociéndonos a nosotros mismos y a la naturaleza. Aquí se encuentra condensada la regla de oro de la filosofía estoica: el secreto de la felicidad y de nuestra plenitud depende solo de nosotros; se basa en nuestra capacidad para centrarnos en lo que podemos cambiar y aceptar lo que escapa a nuestro control. Una obra esencial de la sabiduría que enseña a vivir hablándonos clara y directamente de la amistad, del amor, de los placeres y de otros aspectos de la vida cotidiana. Epictetus, who was born a slave, took political asylum in Rome due to his philosophical ideologies. He left us his advice and guidance to find the spiritual peace that comes from understanding the natural world and ourselves. Here, you'll immerse yourself in his stoic philosophy, which encompasses the secret to happiness and how our bliss is solely dependent on ourselves. His wisdom is based on the ability to focus on what we can change and accepting the things that our beyond our control. This is a must-read classic that is full of wisdom. It acts as a guide toward friendship, love, and the joys of everyday life.
Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly
uttered the cryptic words Phusis kruptesthai philei. How the aphorism, usually
translated as Nature loves to hide, has haunted Western culture ever since is
the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot.
In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves
as an introduction to Pierre Hadot's more scholarly works, Hadot explains that
for the Ancients, philosophy was not reducible to the building of a
theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life.
Written by the Roman emperor for his own private guidance and self-admonition,
the Meditations set forth principles for living a good and just life. Hadot
probes Marcus Aurelius's guidelines and convictions and discerns the hitherto
unperceived conceptual system that grounds them. schovat popis
In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves
as an introduction to Pierre Hadot's more scholarly works, Hadot explains that
for the Ancients, philosophy was not reducible to the building of a
theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life.
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.
A magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively
worked for decades, this ambitious book revises our view of ancient philosophy
- and in doing so, proposes that we change the way we see philosophy itself.
"In Don't Forget to Live, the final book penned before his death in 2010, renowned French philosopher Pierre Hadot focuses our attention on Goethe and the long tradition of spiritual exercises. As Hadot explains, the term "spiritual exercise" has nothing to do with religion as we might assume. Instead, spiritual exercises are acts of the intellect, imagination, or will that are characterized by their purpose. Thanks to these exercises, a person strives to transform how they see the world, the self, and the relationship between the two. The exercises do not work to inform, but to form. Hadot begins his remarkable study of Goethe with the spiritual exercise of concentrating on the present moment. This exercise was dear to Goethe and allows us to experience each moment intensely without being distracted by the weight of the past or the mirage of the future. Hadot then explores another exercise, the view from above, in which we actively take a distance from things so as to help us see them in perspective. He then turns our attention to Goethe's poem "Urworte" in which the focus is on hope, a figure who represents a fundamental attitude we should cultivate. Through Hadot's masterful treatment of these three exercises we clearly grasp Goethe's deep love for life despite its pains and fears, and this deep love serves as a powerful reminder for us to live as well"--
