Full of original ideas and challenging associations, this work will offer new ways of thinking about the philosophers Nehamas discusses and about the discipline of philosophy itself.
Discover more authors youll love listening to on. This highly readable, erudite study argues for the importance of the tradition within Western philosophy that is best described as 'the art of living' and casts Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault as the three major modern representatives of this tradition. Alexander Nehamas on Beauty Entitled Opinions Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, Art Of Living. Browse Alexander Nehamass best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. This, Nehamas shows, is what allowed Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault to return to Socrates as a model without thereby compelling them to imitate him. Socrates remains a silent and ambiguous character, forcing readers to come to their own conclusions about the art of life. Alexander Nehamas a leading scholar of classical studies has been Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Princeton University since 1990. Socratic irony creates a mask that prevents a view of what lies behind.How Socrates led the life he did, what enabled or inspired him, is never made evident. This is Kant’s Categorical Imperative, act in ways you would ‘will’ to be universal laws. Why does each of these philosophers - each fundamentally concerned with his own originality - return to Socrates as a model? The answer lies in the irony that characterizes the Socrates we know from the Platonic dialogues. Alexander Nehamas’ argument is, post Immanuel Kant, many of us have come to believe that privileging our friends over others is less ‘moral’ than treating everyone the same even strangers and people we’ll never meet.
Alexander Nehamas is known for Philosophy Bites (2007), Philosophy Talk (2003) and The Search for Atlantis. Alexander Nehamas was born in Athens, graduated from Athens College, and attended Swarthmore College and Princeton. Alexander Nehamas, Self: Philosophy Bites. His interests include Greek philosophy, philosophy of art, European philosophy and literary theory. In this wide-ranging, brilliantly written account, Alexander Nehamas provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. He is also Professor of the Humanities and of Comparative Literature. 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. animating thought behind Alexander Nehamass recent book, The Art ofLiving: Socra. The idea of philosophy as an art of living has survived in the works of such major modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. This practical aspect of philosophy has been much less dominant in modernity than it was in ancient Greece and Rome, when philosophers of all stripes kept returning to Socrates as a model for living. He is the author of Only a Promise of Happiness: The. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. Alexander Nehamas is professor of humanities, philosophy, and comparative literature at Princeton.
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