The Present Alone Is Our Happiness, Second Edition: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson

by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson

Book Overview

One of the most influential historians of ancient philosophy of the past half-century, Pierre Hadot was adept at using ancient philosophers to illuminate the relevance of their ideas to contemporary life. This new edition of The Present Alone is Our Happiness, which has been significantly revised and expanded to include two previously untranslated essays, is an ideal introduction to some of Hadot's more scholarly work. In it, we discover...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804775435
• ISBN13: 9780804775434
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"