{"product_id":"the-present-alone-is-our-happiness-conversations-with-jeannie-carlier-and-arnold-i-davidson-paperback","title":"The Present Alone Is Our Happiness: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Hadot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeannie Carlier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold I. Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Hadot is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, where he held the Chair of the History of Hellenistic and Roman Thought. Most of his major works have been translated into English, including \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as a Way of Life, What is Ancient Philosophy?\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and \u003ci\u003eThe Veil of Isis\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eN'oublie pas de vivre. Goethe et la tradition des exercices spirituels\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Arnold I. Davidson is Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago and Professor of the History of Political Philosophy at the University of Pisa. He has written widely on contemporary French philosophy, is the English language series editor of Michel Foucault's courses at the Collège de France, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Emergence of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). Jeannie Carlier is Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. She has published essays on philosophy and religious practices in late antiquity and is a specialist in Neoplatonism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053947445472,"sku":"9780804748360","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/WWBWzpDzr9780804748360.webp?v=1781288953","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-present-alone-is-our-happiness-conversations-with-jeannie-carlier-and-arnold-i-davidson-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}