Published 2024-10-08
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Abstract
The historian and philosopher Pierre Hadot (1922-2010) defends a conception of philosophy understood as a way of life and spiritual exercise which, according to him, implies for the philosopher an educational commitment in relation to other people. For him, in ancient times philosophy was (and, perhaps, today it should be again) an activity aimed not only at theoretical and conceptual development, but above all at the transformation of existence itself under the coordinate of an ideal of good life or wisdom. But the philosopher's dedication to his own existential improvement does not lead to an attitude of selfish self-absorption, because, to the extent that it involves precisely overcoming selfishness, it provokes an openness towards other people. This concern for others is configured as an educational commitment of the philosopher in relation to others. However, unlike the way philosophy is taught today, it is a teaching that is not reduced to theory and concepts, but which also requires practical involvement and the concrete modification of life.
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