Self Examination, Philosophical Education and Spirituality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alven Neiman (corresponding author), Alven M Neiman |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 571-590 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.00195 |
| OpenAlex | W2170726989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
As a contribution to thinking about the possibility of spiritual education, I examine Pierre Hadot's important distinction between ‘philosophy as theory’, a detached investigation into ‘the natures of things’, and ‘philosophy as a way of life’, practical exercises which Socrates introduced as a means of ‘learning to die’. While most philosophy today amounts to ‘philosophy as theory’, ‘philosophy as a way of life’ remains a respectable and viable tradition and a most exacting education of the spirit. I illustrate it here through an examination of some of its practitioners such as St Bernard of Clairvaux, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Etty Hillesum
Epistemology · Higher education · Philosophy education · Philosophy of education · Philosophy of life · Sociology · SOCRATES · Spirituality · Western philosophy · Law · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |