Ryan Harte
Biographic Data
| ID | 7337506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Harte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Harte |
| SIGNATURE | HARTE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah Valley University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Daoist Critique of Effort in Pierre Hadot's Philosophy
This paper offers a critique of Pierre Hadot's idea of philosophy as a way of life with reference to ancient China, particularly the Zhuangzi . The prevailing scholarly emphasis in philosophy as a way of life falls too heavily on individual will and effortful exertion—thus Hadot's description of what he calls “spiritual exercises .” I argue for counterbalancing the focus on effortful self‐cultivation with attention to the role of passivity, recep…
Zhuangzi and Simone Weil on Decreating the Self
This essay thinks through Nanguo Ziqi’s famous “I lost myself” (wu sang wo 吾喪我) remark in the Qiwulun 齊物論 in light of Weil’s notion of decreation. The desire to undo the self is paradoxical, and most philosophical interpretations of the Zhuangzi passage try to avoid the paradox of “I lost myself” by positing various levels of self. Weil’s decreation embraces the paradox, and thereby helps clarify how Nanguo’s “I lost myself” connects with his sub…
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Zhuangzi and Simone Weil on Decreating the Self
This essay thinks through Nanguo Ziqi’s famous “I lost myself” (wu sang wo 吾喪我) remark in the Qiwulun 齊物論 in light of Weil’s notion of decreation. The desire to undo the self is paradoxical, and most philosophical interpretations of the Zhuangzi passage try to avoid the paradox of “I lost myself” by positing various levels of self. Weil’s decreation embraces the paradox, and thereby helps clarify how Nanguo’s “I lost myself” connects with his sub…
A Daoist Critique of Effort in Pierre Hadot's Philosophy
This paper offers a critique of Pierre Hadot's idea of philosophy as a way of life with reference to ancient China, particularly the Zhuangzi . The prevailing scholarly emphasis in philosophy as a way of life falls too heavily on individual will and effortful exertion—thus Hadot's description of what he calls “spiritual exercises .” I argue for counterbalancing the focus on effortful self‐cultivation with attention to the role of passivity, recep…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · China (1 work) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 work) · Chinese philosophy (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Focus (optics (1 work) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (1 work) · Heaven (1 work)