2014
DOI: 10.5840/ancientphil201434118
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Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus. By John M. Cooper

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“…It is noteworthy that, on the one hand, reading refers not only to the act of reading texts but also to reading life as such, and the reading of texts is an exercise for reading life; on the other hand, writing refers not only to the writing of essays but also to writing the story of one's own life. Cooper (2007Cooper ( , 2012 seems to miss this metaphorical point. Nevertheless, we acknowledge that Cooper's criticism against Hadot actually has its points, and to avoid the possible confusion and controversy, we need to identify philosophical practice as spiritual exercises in the broad sense and also in the narrow sense and to distinguish a "philosophical" way of life from a life guided by religion, tradition, or some other source alone (Grimm and Cohoe 2021).…”
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“…It is noteworthy that, on the one hand, reading refers not only to the act of reading texts but also to reading life as such, and the reading of texts is an exercise for reading life; on the other hand, writing refers not only to the writing of essays but also to writing the story of one's own life. Cooper (2007Cooper ( , 2012 seems to miss this metaphorical point. Nevertheless, we acknowledge that Cooper's criticism against Hadot actually has its points, and to avoid the possible confusion and controversy, we need to identify philosophical practice as spiritual exercises in the broad sense and also in the narrow sense and to distinguish a "philosophical" way of life from a life guided by religion, tradition, or some other source alone (Grimm and Cohoe 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Etymologically speaking, "philosophy" comes from the Greek word "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom". Therefore, the wisdom-orientation of philosophy is generally acceptable for most philosophers (Cooper 2012;Hadot 1995). However, when speaking of truth and virtue, the situation is more complicated.…”
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“…It also anticipates one of the key disputes surrounding Pierre Hadot's influential metaphilosophical work on ancient philosophy as a way of life ( manière de vivre or mode de la vie ). John M. Cooper and Thomas Flynn have argued that Hadot's vision of ancient philosophy misrepresents its object, in particular by presenting the initial “conversion” of a student to one or other philosophical orientation as an “existential choice,” without prior rational justification (Flynn 2005; Cooper 2009, 2012). For Cooper, by contrast, the process of becoming a philosopher involves an initial commitment only to “living according to reason,” as against choosing a particular dogmatic orientation and way of life (Cooper 2009, 20, 23).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%