Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

On the differences between ancient and modern conceptions of psychology

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Jan 22, 2023

Why then did Plato write dialogues?

The three pedagogical functions of the Platonic texts

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Jan 21, 2023

If philosophy is a way of life, when and why did theoretical philosophy develop?

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Dec 19, 2022

Philosophy, medicine for the soul

The criticism and debt of the ancient philosophers to ancient medicine and dietetics

Seneca therefore wrote the ways that he did because he aimed to do different things with his words than…

Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Dec 14, 2022

Why Did Seneca Write as He Did?

Exhortation, the power of the sentence, and the interplay between…

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Dec 8, 2022

Parenesis, philosophy as a way of life, and (modern) philosophy

Seneca, the prehistory of…

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Dec 8, 2022

Of a Complication Surrounding “The Spiritual Guide”

The story so far, the path ahead

Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Dec 7, 2022

Friendship and philosophical counselling in the ancient world

Seneca’s philosophical practice and its…

Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Nov 22, 2022

Clash of the wills in Seneca

4. Hadot contra Inwood

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Bringing them the plague in Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Nov 22, 2022

Clash of the wills concerning Seneca

3. Boulêsis, Thelêsis — voluntas

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Seneca and spiritual direction (philosophy as a way of life)

Blogs on translating Ilsetraut Hadot’s famous work on Seneca & the ancient practice of philosophy as the spiritual direction. Each entry considers one chapter or section of this groundbreaking work as it is being translated, so English-reading Stoics can get a sense of the text.

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