Effort and Grace

Kotva, Simone

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“…In his own ethical scheme he also 'affirms this subject and elevates it, and thus 'the same objection that Hadot raised against Foucault could be raised against Hadot himself'. 78 Hadot's restriction of ethics to the individual and his focus on developing a state in relation to the individual themselves, rather than through what transcends them and yet calls to them, is also of concern to Hankey. He argues that by denying transcendence, Hadot's focus is narrowed.…”

Section: Philosophy Of Religion As a Way Of Life: Possibilities And P...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

Casewell

2022

The Heythrop Journal

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Philosophy as a way of life has been undergoing a revival in recent years. This essay explores how the central idea of the spiritual exercises can be used to develop an account of philosophy of religion as a way of life. It details some of the contemporary uses and trajectories of philosophy as a way of life. Through engaging the religiously inflected philosophies of Karl Jaspers and Simone Weil, this paper argues that their thought can present an account of philosophy of religion as a way of life that is both ethically and transcendentally oriented.

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Section: Philosophy Of Religion As a Way Of Life: Possibilities And P...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

Casewell

2022

The Heythrop Journal

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A Daoist Critique of Effort in Pierre Hadot's Philosophy

Harte

2024

Journal of Religious Ethics

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This paper offers a critique of Pierre Hadot's idea of philosophy as a way of life with reference to ancient China, particularly the Zhuangzi. The prevailing scholarly emphasis in philosophy as a way of life falls too heavily on individual will and effortful exertion—thus Hadot's description of what he calls “spiritual exercises.” I argue for counterbalancing the focus on effortful self‐cultivation with attention to the role of passivity, receptiveness, and chance in the good life—collectively termed “grace.” After a discussion of the overemphasis on effort in self‐cultivation, I turn to the Zhuangzi as an illustrative source of the importance of grace.

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On Being a Thomist: Cornelius Ernst's Meta-Theology

Keenan¹

2021

New Blackfriars

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Thomism is a contested category that exhibits considerable plasticity in its application. An examination of the role played by such invocations of proper names in contemporary theological discourse indicates the importance of textual accessibility and engagement. The role played by texts is examined in terms of an often‐elided distinction between ‘intelligibility’ and ‘readability’, with the former aligned with propositional contents and the latter a more expansive attentiveness to the text's performative operations. The historical remoteness of Aquinas coupled with the importation into theology of secularised reading strategies is seen to have alienated the full readability of Aquinas's texts. Acting against Cartesian modes of reading, Cornelius Ernst's re‐performance of Thomistic pedagogy as ‘engaged contemplation’ is concerned to enact a horizon of meaning within which Aquinas's texts retain enduring readability. This article develops Ernst's Thomistic meta‐theology into an account of Thomism as ‘meta‐reading’. On this account, authentic Thomism involves the intentional cultivation of a total human culture, within which the inherently theological discipline of textual engagement exercises a quasi‐liturgical function.

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Effort and Grace

Cited by 6 publications

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Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

A Daoist Critique of Effort in Pierre Hadot's Philosophy

On Being a Thomist: Cornelius Ernst's Meta-Theology

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