Philosophy, Theory or Way of Life? Controversies in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: With a Foreword by Pierre Hadot

Philosophy in antiquity was conceived not as mere theory but as a way of life; but it lost its 'practicist' cast through a process that begins in the patristic era and peaks with its conversion into an academic discipline in the medieval universities under the influence of 13th-century scholasticism. Juliusz Domański sets out the reasons behind that process and shows how traces of the 'practicist' orientation survived, ultimately leading to a recovery of the ancient notion among the humanists of the Renaissance. A foreword by Pierre Hadot relates Domański's research to his own vision of the history of philosophy.

Author: Juliusz Domański
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill
Published: 07/17/2024
Series: Philosophy as a Way of Life #6
Pages: 156
ISBN: 9789004688551