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"The "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius" are treasured today--as they
have been over the centuries--as an inexhaustible source of wisdom.
And as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism,
this is an essential text for everyone interested in ancient
religion and philosophy. Yet the clarity and ease of the work's
style are deceptive. Pierre Hadot, eminent historian of ancient
thought, uncovers new levels of meaning and expands our
understanding of its underlying philosophy.
Written by the Roman emperor for his own private guidance and
self-admonition, the "Meditations" set forth principles for living
a good and just life. Hadot probes Marcus Aurelius's guidelines and
convictions and discerns the hitherto unperceived conceptual system
that grounds them. Abundantly quoting the "Meditations" to
illustrate his analysis, the author allows Marcus Aurelius to speak
directly to the reader. And Hadot unfolds for us the philosophical
context of the "Meditations," commenting on the philosophers Marcus
Aurelius read and giving special attention to the teachings of
Epictetus, whose disciple he was.
The soul, the guiding principle within us, is in Marcus
Aurelius's Stoic philosophy an inviolable stronghold of freedom,
the "inner citadel." This spirited and engaging study of his
thought offers a fresh picture of the fascinating
philosopher-emperor, a fuller understanding of the tradition and
doctrines of Stoicism, and rich insight on the culture of the Roman
empire in the second century. Pierre Hadot has been working on
Marcus Aurelius for more than twenty years; in this book he
distills his analysis and conclusions with extraordinary lucidity
for the general reader.
The esteemed French philosopher Pierre Hadot's final work, now
available in English. With a foreword by Arnold I. Davidson and
Daniele Lorenzini. In his final book, renowned philosopher Pierre
Hadot explores Goethe's relationship with ancient spiritual
exercises-transformative acts of intellect, imagination, or will.
Goethe sought both an intense experience of the present moment as
well as a kind of cosmic consciousness, both of which are rooted in
ancient philosophical practices. These practices shaped Goethe's
audacious contrast to the traditional maxim memento mori (Don't
forget that you will die) with the aim of transforming our ordinary
consciousness. Ultimately, Hadot reveals how Goethe cultivated a
deep love for life that brings to the forefront a new maxim: Don't
forget to live.
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 that to be an Epicurean is not merely to think like one;
it is to adopt a way of living where limiting desires is the
condition for happiness. Being an Aristotelian, similarly, is to
choose a life that involves contemplation, and being a Cynic is to
follow Diogenes in his refusal of quotidian convention and the
mentality of ordinary people. If so many ancient philosophers
founded schools, Hadot explains, it was precisely because they were
proposing how to live life on a daily basis. We learn here that the
history of philosophy has been something more than just that of a
discourse. The founding texts of Greek philosophy, after all, were
notes taken from oral exercises undertaken in concrete
circumstances and contexts, most often a dialogue between students
and specific interlocutors who meant to shed light on their
students' real existence. The immense contribution of this book,
which also traces Hadot's own personal itinerary in a touching
manner, is to remind us, through direct language and numerous
examples, what the theoretical aspect of philosophy often masks:
its vital and existential dimensions.
Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker
Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai
philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to
hide," has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of
this engaging study by Pierre Hadot. Taking the allegorical figure
of the veiled goddess Isis as a guide, and drawing on the work of
both the ancients and later thinkers such as Goethe, Rilke,
Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, Hadot traces successive
interpretations of Heraclitus' words. Over time, Hadot finds,
"Nature loves to hide" has meant that all that lives tends to die;
that Nature wraps herself in myths; and (for Heidegger) that Being
unveils as it veils itself. Meanwhile the pronouncement has been
used to explain everything from the opacity of the natural world to
our modern angst.
From these kaleidoscopic exegeses and usages emerge two
contradictory approaches to nature: the Promethean, or
experimental-questing, approach, which embraces technology as a
means of tearing the veil from Nature and revealing her secrets;
and the Orphic, or contemplative-poetic, approach, according to
which such a denuding of Nature is a grave trespass. In place of
these two attitudes Hadot proposes one suggested by the Romantic
vision of Rousseau, Goethe, and Schelling, who saw in the veiled
Isis an allegorical expression of the sublime. "Nature is art and
art is nature," Hadot writes, inviting us to embrace Isis and all
she represents: art makes us intensely aware of how completely we
ourselves are not merely surrounded by nature but also part of
nature.
This unique collection of essays on the late Pierre Hadot s
revolutionary approach to studying and practising philosophy traces
the links between his work and that of thinkers from Wittgenstein
to the French postmodernists. It shows how his secular spiritual
exercises expand our horizons, enabling us to be in a fuller, more
authentic way. * 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
As the Cuban Revolution reaches its sixtieth anniversary,
contributors to this special issue explore the impact of the
revolution through the lens of sexuality and gender, providing a
social and cultural history that illuminates the Cuban-influenced
global New Left. Moving beyond assumptions about the revolutionary
left's hypermasculinity and homophobia, the issue takes a nuanced
approach to the Cuban Revolution's impact on gender and sexuality.
Contributors study Cuban internationalist campaigns, the
relationship between cultural diplomacy and mass media, and visual
images of revolution and solidarity. They follow the emergence and
negotiation of new gender ideals through the transgendering of
Che's "New Man," the Cuban travels of Angela Davis, calls for
sexual revolution in the Dutch Atlantic, and gender representations
during the 1964 "Campaign of Terror" in Chile. In doing so, the
authors provide fresh insight into Cuba's transnational legacy on
politics and culture during the Cold War and beyond. Contributors.
Lorraine Bayard de Volo, Marcelo Casals, Michelle Chase, Aviva
Chomsky, Isabella Cosse, Ximena Espeche, Robert Franco, Paula
Halperin, Lani Hanna, Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Melina Pappademos,
Jennifer L. Lambe, Diosnara Ortega Gonzalez, Gregory Randall,
Margaret Randall, Chelsea Schields, Sarah Seidman, Emily Snyder,
Heidi Tinsman, Ailynn Torres Santana
One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students
in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in
writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along
with five other types of introductions (three of which are
translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias
and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus:
Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to
other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius'
school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of
philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different
works. Ammonius' lecture expounded the most celebrated and
discussed previous introduction written by Porphyry 200 years
earlier, which was devoted to five main technical terms of
Aristotle's logic. Ammonius was sympathetic to Porphyry because
they both sought to harmonise the views of Plato and Aristotle with
each other, arguing in different ways that the two philosophers did
not disagree about the nature of universals. Porphyry's
introduction was a hugely influential work for centuries after its
composition, and this commentary by Ammonius served to maintain its
position at the centre of later schools of philosophy. This English
translation of Ammonius' work is the latest volume in the Ancient
Commentators on Aristotle series and makes this philosophical work
accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied
by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography,
glossary of translated terms and a subject index.
Deliverance In The Fire is a timely message of overcoming fiery
trials and adversity. With insightful teachings, this work provides
a fresh and concise look into the subject of deliverance. You will
be blessed as bondages are eradicated in the fires of life.
Deliverance is a continual theme found throughout scriptures as a
demonstration of God's love and faithfulness. Difficulties are
opportunities to draw closer to God and to experience the
miraculous. Come, and Experience the Consuming Fire of God!
Resurrection Power is infused with revelatory prayers that will
transform your life and raise you up! This book is prophetic and
powerful. God is preparing His Warrior Bride in these end times.
Every stone in your way will be removed by the fire and hammer of
God's Word and Spirit.
High-technology capital equipment has its unique set of challenges.
If you're an executive trying to compete in this world, you know
that it's not enough to just improve operational costs and
efficiencies. You need to consistently define and create winning
products that are then successfully marketed to capture their full
value. "Equipped to Win" shows you how to thrive in this world in a
straightforward how-to style. With "Equipped to Win" you get the
capital equipment industry's best practices for strategy, product
management, and marketing. Capital equipment executives, this is
your guide for growing your business, improving profits, and
beating the competition.
The high-technology capital equipment business has its unique set
of challenges. If you're an executive trying to compete in this
world, you know it's not enough to just improve operational cost
and efficiency. You need to consistently define and create winning
products that are then successfully marketed to capture their full
value. "Equipped to Win" shows you how to thrive in this world in a
straight-forward how-to style. With "Equipped to Win" you get the
capital equipment industry's best practices for strategy, product
management, and marketing. Capital equipment executives, this is
your guide for growing your business, improving profits, and
beating the competition.
Each of us is like a box of chocolates. I see many individual's
boxes are slightly ajar, presenting only pieces they deem most
worthy. Webster's Dictionary defines vanity as "excessive
appreciation of one's own worth or virtue." While vanity allows us
to expose only our most desirable characteristics to others, I
believe those with nearly closed boxes usually are the least
appreciative of their true worth. True vanity comes when we can
expose proudly ALL pieces, even those hidden in dark corners. Look
inside, beyond the cover of false vanity, as I present my truths in
raw, emotionally driven words, finding complete self-acceptance of
all my pieces as I finally gain true vanity an excessive
appreciation of my own worth. Herein are ALL my pieces in an open
box exposed truths within emotionally driven words created by my
heart, soul and mind. With the acceptance and ability to tell of
all my pieces pain, loss, love, fate, hope and to proudly express
my sexual thoughts, without the worry of society's backlash a final
excessive appreciation of my own worth and virtue. I am now truly
vain. My box is open. Sample me, as you desire.
A handful of celebrated photographs show armed, fatigues-clad
female Cuban insurgents alongside their companeros in Cuba's remote
mountains during the revolutionary struggle. However, the story of
women's part in the struggle's success only now receives
comprehensive consideration in Michelle Chase's history of women
and gender politics in revolutionary Cuba. Restoring to history
women's participation in the all-important urban insurrection, and
resisting Fidel Castro's triumphant claim that women's emancipation
was handed to them as a ""revolution within the revolution,""
Chase's work demonstrates that women's activism and leadership was
critical at every stage of the revolutionary process. Tracing
changes in political attitudes alongside evolving gender ideologies
in the years leading up to the revolution, Chase describes how
insurrectionists mobilized familiar gendered notions, such as
masculine honor and maternal sacrifice, in ways that strengthened
the coalition against Fulgencio Batista. But, after 1959, the
mobilization of women and the societal transformations that brought
more women and young people into the political process opened the
revolutionary platform to increasingly urgent demands for women's
rights. In many cases, Chase shows, the revolutionary government
was simply formalizing popular initiatives already in motion on the
ground thanks to women with a more radical vision of their rights.
In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to
five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains
important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the
fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponus' Against Aristotle
On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost
commentary of Aristotle's leading defender, Alexander of
Aphrodisias. This volume contains an English translation of
Simplicius' important commentary, as well as a detailed
introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.
Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Categories is the most
comprehensive philosophical critique of the work ever written,
representing 600 years of criticism. In his Categories, Aristotle
divides what exists in the sensible world into ten categories of
Substance, Quantity, Relative, Quality and so on. Simplicius starts
with a survey of previous commentators, and an introductory set of
questions about Aristotle's philosophy and about the Categories in
particular. The commentator, he says, needs to present Plato and
Aristotle as in harmony on most things. Why are precisely ten
categories named, given that Plato did with fewer distinctions? We
have a survey of views on this. And where in the scheme of
categories would one fit a quality that defines a substance - under
substance or under quality? In his own commentary, Porphyry
suggested classifying a defining quality as something distinct, a
substantial quality, but others objected that this would constitute
an eleventh. The most persistent question dealt with here is
whether the categories classify words, concepts, or things.
In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to
five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains
important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the
fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponus' Against Aristotle
On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost
commentary of Aristotle's leading defender, Alexander of
Aphrodisias. This volume contains an English translation of
Simplicius' important commentary, as well as a detailed
introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.
Is U.S. high-technology manufacturing at risk? In response to the
concern that an increasing amount of high-technology manufacturing
formerly performed in the United States is now being done overseas,
the Office of Science and Technology Policy asked the Rand
Corporation to provide analytic support to the President's Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology. The support included a
description of past and current trends of U.S. high-tech
manufacturing, a theoretical and empirical economic analysis of
traditional and high-tech manufacturing, and an analysis of U.S.
research and development statistics and of trends in choices of
academic disciplines.
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