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100			_aNehamas, Alexander
245			_aThe art of living : Socratic reflections from Plato to Foucault
260			_bUniversity of California Press, _c2000 _aBerkele :
300			_axi, 283 p. ; _c23 cm
365			_b31.95 _c$ _d90.60
490			_aSather classical lectures ; _vv.61
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn modern times, philosophy has been a theoretical discipline rather than a practice or mode of life. In antiquity, however, Greek and Roman philosophers of all stripes turned to Socrates as the model of what a truly philosophical life should be. The idea of a philosophical life, and of philosophy as the art of living, though it is now in neglect among professional philosophers, has survived in the works of such major modern authors as Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Why does each of these philosophers, fundamentally concerned with their own originality, return, like their ancient predecessors, to Socrates as their model? Why do they need a model at all? And why is the Socrates of Plato's dialogues suitable as a model? Uniquely, Socrates shows by example the way toward establishing an individual mode of life, a way that will not force his followers to repeat the life of Socrates but will compel them to search for their own.
650			_aConduct of life
650			_aPhilosophical concept
650			_aSocrates
650			_aHistory and Surveys Modern
650			_aAncient philosophy
650			_aSocratic philosophy
650			_aMoral practice
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