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On philosophy as a spiritual exercise = a symposium /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	On philosophy as a spiritual exercise/ Edited by Philip Goodchild.
Reminder of title:	a symposium /
Author:	Goodchild, Philip,
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2013.,
Description:	208 p.
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	Philosophy and religion. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137353147 (electronic bk.) :

On philosophy as a spiritual exercise = a symposium /
Goodchild, Philip,1965-,

On philosophy as a spiritual exercisea symposium /[electronic resource] :Edited by Philip Goodchild. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2013. - 208 p. - Radical theologies.

Electronic book text.

An Invitation: Alcibiades Editor's Preface 1. Thinking and Life: The Speech of Phaedrus 2. Ends and Illusions: The Speech of Pausanias 3. Hypocrisy: The Speech of Eryximachus 4. Dispositions and Interests: The Speech of Aristophanes 5. Mutual Attention: The Speech of Agathon 6. Death and Love: The Speech of Socrates Conclusion: Alcibiades' Confession Appendix: Philosophy as a Spiritual Exercise.

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What if self-questioning could provoke an extreme attentiveness to a rich inner life? In pursuit of this question, a mixed group of highly fallible thinkers gather together in the north of England. Will they be able to respond to the actual events of their lives, and reinvent philosophy as a collective spiritual exercise?What if modern reason empowers us only at the cost of impoverishing thought? What if an ancient practice of philosophy could be rediscovered as a way of living? In a rural retreat in northern England, nine philosophers held regular meetings to discuss the nature of philosophy as a way of life. Posing a formidable challenge to the dominance of objective reasoning, they sought to build together a conception and practice of reasoning that is deeply engaged with the meaning of life, with dialogue, and with self-transformation. Here, as spokesman for this group, Philip Goodchild offers his readers insight into these symposium. Eschewing convention, these essays offer profound meditations on the meaning of life, reason, inwardness, virtue, love, and God. Echoing Plato, Kierkegaard, and Weil, this bold yet imperfect struggle for authenticity performs philosophy as a spiritual exercise, effects a new critique of pure reason, and changes what it means to think today. Like Socrates himself, this book offers a challenge to all.

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Philip Goodchild is Professor of Religion and Philosophy in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Gilles Deleuze and the Question of Philosophy, Deleuze and Guattari: An Introduction to the Politics of Desire, Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety, and Theology of Money. He is also currently a Senior Fellow of the Rethinking Capitalism Initiative, University of California Santa Cruz, USA.

ISBN: 1137353147 (electronic bk.) :£57.50Subjects--Topical Terms:

558615
Philosophy and religion.

LC Class. No.: BL51 / O635 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 121

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