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The art of living : Socratic reflections from Plato to Foucault / Alexander Nehamas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nehamas, Alexander, 1946-
- Series:
- Sather classical lectures ; v. 61.
- Sather classical lectures ; v. 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life.
- Socrates.
- Philosophers--Conduct of life.
- Philosophers.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Socrates' idea of philosophy as an art of living has survived in the works of such modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Each of these writers has used philosophical discussion as a means of establishing what a person is and how a worthwhile life is to be lived. In this wide-ranging account, Nehamas provides a reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for these three writers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520211731
- OCLC:
- 37132573
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