Pierre Hadot è stato un filosofo, storico e filologo francese la cui opera si è concentrata sul concetto di esercizi spirituali e la filosofia come modo di vita. Si è specializzato nel periodo antico, in particolare nel neoplatonismo e nello stoicismo, enfatizzando la filosofia antica come un approccio pratico alla vita. I suoi scritti, noti per la loro leggibilità e profonda erudizione, collegano costantemente idee filosofiche con l'esperienza personale, la letteratura e la spiritualità.
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
Hadot explores Plotinus' philosophical perspectives on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He highlights how Plotinus, influenced by Plato and Aristotle, aimed to embody philosophical principles rather than merely theorizing them. This work delves into the integration of these concepts into a life of philosophical practice, revealing the depth of Plotinus' thought in the context of his predecessors.
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"--
V nakladatelství Vyšehrad vychází další práce známého francouzského filosofa, historika a klasického filologa Pierra Hadota (1922–2010), vynikajícího znalce antického myšlení. V roce 2010 již vyšlo Závoj Isidin / Esej o dějinách ideje přírody. V jedné ze svých nejznámějších knih se věnuje nejen dějinám, ale i pojetí filosofie ve starověkém Řecku a Římě.
Významná esej francouzského znalce novoplatónské filosofie. „Nikdo ze smrtelníků neodhalí můj závoj“, stálo prý na podstavci sochy bohyně Isidy v Egyptě. Tento romantiky oblíbený motiv, symbolizující odhalení tajemství přírody, spolu se slavným Hérakleitovým výrokem o přírodě, která „se ráda skrývá“, se stává mottem rozsáhlého „eseje“ známého francouzského znalce novoplatónské filosofie. Hadot zde v širokém závěru, sahajícím od literatury přes filosofii, ikonografii a technologii od antiky až po současnost, zabývá pojmem přírody či přirozenosti a jeho vývojem v evropských dějinách. Autor, s nímž se český čtenář mohl už před nějakým časem seznámit prostřednictvím jeho pozoruhodného textu věnovaného Plótinovi, odhaluje ve své nové knize často překvapivé myšlenkové souvislosti. Pierre Hadot v dějinách nachází dva základní postoje k přírodě: „prométheovský“, vedoucí k mechanizaci přírody, a „orfický“, kontemplativně-poetický. Jejich vzájemný vztah či převahu jednoho z nich barvitě ilustruje mnoha příklady z dějin lidského myšlení, umění a jednání. Hadot opět prokazuje, že myšlenkově podnětný text může být i literárně působivý.
