Philosophy, Theory or Way of Life? Controversies in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance : With a Foreword by Pierre Hadot /

: Philosophy in antiquity was conceived not as mere theory but as a way of life; but it lost its 'practicist' cast through a process that begins in the patristic era and peaks with its conversion into an academic discipline in the medieval univers
: 1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004688568