Philosophy as a Way of Life

• Comprehensive treatment of a neglected theme: philosophy’s practical relevance in our lives
• Interdisciplinary analysis reflects the wide influence of Hadot’s thought
• Explores the links between Hadot’s ideas and those of a wealth of ancient and modern thinkers, including the French postmodernists
• Offers a practical ‘third way’ in philosophy beyond the dichotomy of Continental and analytical traditions

Michael Chase is a Researcher at the Jean Pépin Centre of the National Centre of Scientific Research, Paris. A former student of Pierre Hadot himself, he has completed numerous translations of Hadot’s works, and has also published on Late Greek and Latin Neoplatonism, Patristics, and Islamic and Medieval thought.

Stephen R. L. Clark is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. His books  include Aristotle’s Man (1975), From Athens to Jerusalem (1984), Civil Peace and Sacred Order (1989), Biology and Christian Ethics (2000), Understanding Faith (2009) and Ancient Mediterranean Philosophy (2013).

Michael McGhee is Honorary Senior Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool. He is the author of Transformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice (2000), as well as of a number of articles on moral philosophy, aesthetics and the philosophy of religion.