Philosophy as a way of life: historical, contemporary, and pedagogical perspectives

Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Composition of This Collection -- Reference -- Part 1 History of Philosophy -- Chapter 1 Ancient Greek Philosophia in India as a Way of Life -- 1. Introduction: Studying Philosophical Ways of Life -- 2. Megasthenes' Indica and the Social Class of Philosophoi -- 3. Megasthenes and Philosophical Ways of Life -- 4. Before Megasthenes -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 2 Philosophy and the Good Life in the Zhuangzi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Metaphilosophical Skepticism: Zhuangzi's Criticisms of Disputation -- 3. Philosophy Beyond Disputation -- 4. Life Beyond Shi-Fei -- 5. Coping with Death: Skeptical Philosophy in Action -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Esoteric Confucianism, Moral Dilemmas, and Filial Piety -- 1. Confucian Ethics: An Overview -- 2. Elements of Esotericism in Confucius's Education -- 3. Filial Piety: The Supreme Principle? -- 4. The Dogmatic Reading and the Pedagogy of Moral Dilemmas -- 5. The Liberal Reading, Zhi, and Esoteric Confucianism -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Renaissance Humanism and Philosophy as a Way of Life -- Historiography of Humanism -- Petrarch -- Leonardo Bruni -- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 5 Cartesian Philosophy as Spiritual Practice -- 1. Introduction -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Leibniz's Philosophy as a Way of Life? -- 1. Common Conceptions of Leibniz's Philosophy -- 2. Hadot's Conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life -- 3. Leibniz's Conception of Philosophy -- 4. Leibniz, Philosophy, and Philosophical Discourse -- 5. Leibniz and Hadot's Conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life -- 6. Leibniz and Spiritual Exercises -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.