action 7 , 31 –32 , 36 –37 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 58 –59 , 79 , 90 , 96 , 102 –3 , 118 –20 , 133 , 145 , 195 , 206 –7 , 210 , 212 , 214 –16 , 221 –24 , 227 , 253 , 256 , 304 –5 , 318 , 320 , 331 , 349 –50 , 381
aesthetic/aesthetics 4 , 13 , 28 , 70 –1 , 73 –5 , 77 , 79 , 81 –2 , 108 , 112 , 140 , 156 , 196 , 217 , 224 , 291 , 297 , 304 , 370
antiquity 2 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 17 , 25 , 27 , 29 , 50 , 52 , 64 –65 , 82 , 92 , 94 –96 , 115 –19 , 121 –22 , 124 , 128 , 130 –32 , 156 , 164 –65 , 184 , 197 , 221 , 231 , 233 –34 , 246 , 251 , 264 –67 , 278 , 280 , 282 , 296 , 304 , 339 , 343 , 346 , 379
Greek 28
pagan 28
Roman 28
Antisthenes 63
apophthegmata 38
argumentation/argument 9 , 13 –14 , 26 , 29 , 40 , 90 –91 , 102 , 118 –19 , 122 , 129 –34 , 165 –6 , 169 , 178 –79 , 205 –6 , 208 –13 , 215 –16 , 218 –220 , 222 –23 , 226 , 316 , 329 –31 , 342 , 350 –51 , 354 , 360 , 366
Aristophanes 31
Aristotle 9 –10 , 12 , 15 –16 , 25 , 28 –29 , 32 , 35 –37 , 43 , 48 , 55 –57 , 62 –65 , 95 , 99 , 103 –4 , 107 , 123 , 131 , 133 , 141 –43 , 147 , 163 , 165 , 172 , 208 , 217 , 220 –21 , 232 , 303 , 338 –56 , 364 –65 , 367 , 379
art of living (tekhnē peri ton bion, τέχνη περὶ τὸν βίον) 5 –7 , 12 –13 , 25 –31 , 33 –36 , 39 –41 , 43 , 58 –61 , 63 , 66 –7 , 73 , 81 –82 , 92 , 115 –16 , 128 , 166 , 209 –10 , 217 , 224 , 272 , 303
ascesis (askēsis, ἄσκησις)/ascetic 4 , 6 –7 , 9 , 26 , 33 , 41 , 72 –73 , 81 , 93 –95 , 97 –98 , 105 , 107 , 116 –7 , 126 , 128 –30 , 132 , 134 , 166 –67 , 187 , 210 –11 , 214 , 217 –18 , 276 , 279 –80 , 282 , 301
attention (prosochē, προσοχή) 26 , 39 –40 , 78 –80 , 129 , 145 , 147 , 154 –55 , 157 –58 , 214 , 216 , 307 , 319 , 321 –22 , 340
Basil of Caesarea 41
bios (βίος) 33 , 37 , 46 –48 , 53 –61 , 63 –67 , 107 , 109 , 210 , 249 , 255 –58 , 260 –61 , 314 –15 , 322 , 324 , 326 , 329 –335 , 347 , 349 –50
care (epimeleia, ἐπιμέλεια) 40 –42 , 54 –55 , 64 –65 , 91 , 104 , 142 , 152 , 217 , 233 , 249 , 275 , 277 –78 , 294 , 298 , 303 , 314 –316 , 318 –22 , 325 –29 , 331 –35 , 383
Cavell, Stanley 238
Christian/Christianity 2 , 3 , 9 , 12 , 25 , 28 , 38 , 40 –43 , 47 , 49 , 52 , 71 –72 , 89 , 93 –94 , 98 , 117 –18 , 121 , 123 , 126 , 147 , 155 , 185 , 188 , 190 , 197 , 231 , 273 , 278 –79 , 283 , 298 , 304 –7 , 364
choice 30 , 48 –49 , 51 , 54 , 57 , 60 –61 , 118 –9 , 124 , 128 , 184 , 232 , 244 , 256 –57 , 266 –69 , 272 , 304 , 310 , 318 , 350 , 376 –77
Clement of Alexandria 41
conduct 32 –33 , 42 –43 , 46 , 52 , 108 , 127 , 167 , 216 , 219 , 236 –37 , 246 , 252 –54 , 256 , 276 , 278 , 280 , 319 , 330 , 350
conversion 5 , 34 , 41 , 57 , 74 , 89 , 92 , 95 , 97 , 104 , 111 , 115 , 124 , 130 , 134 , 150 , 167 , 184 , 187 , 217 , 283 , 291 , 293 , 295 , 307
Cooper, John 7 , 9 , 13 –14 , 46 , 57 , 60 , 62 , 89 , 91 –2 , 105 , 111 , 117 –24 , 126 , 128 –34 , 205 –8 , 211 –3 , 219 , 221 –23 , 226 –27 , 304 , 339 , 347 –48 , 355
consolation 40
Crates 62
death 4 –5 , 28 , 34 , 38 , 42 , 47 , 63 , 65 , 72 –73 , 77 , 107 , 129 , 131 , 142 , 146 , 149 , 154 , 156 , 190 , 196 , 247 , 263 , 265 , 289 , 295 –96 , 303 , 307 , 310 , 313 , 315 , 368
Derrida, Jacques 241
desire 26 , 31 , 39 , 42 , 70 , 74 , 129 , 146 , 153 , 158 , 178 , 193 –94 , 209 –10 , 214 , 221 , 225 , 265 , 277 , 279 , 296 , 299 , 318 , 340 –41 , 343 , 354
diatribe 238
discourse 6 , 9 , 14 –15 , 25 , 70 , 72 , 79 –81 , 90 –91 , 96 , 98 , 101 –3 , 109 –11 , 115 –16 , 122 , 125 , 129 –30 , 132 –33 , 165 , 184 –86 , 189 –90 , 206 , 208 , 215 –16 , 218 –20 , 222 –23 , 225 , 231 –36 , 238 , 242 –43 , 245 –47 , 249 , 251 –60 , 267 , 269 , 276 –77 , 279 , 332 , 343 –44 , 355 , 359 , 364 , 366 –68 , 383
Einstein, Albert 158
Epicureanism 2 , 7 , 9 , 12 , 15 , 35 , 46 , 56 , 60 , 67 , 118 , 121 , 146 , 212 , 263 –74 , 278 , 280 , 290 , 292 –93 , 296 , 303 , 338 , 363 , 379
ethics 4 –5 , 7 , 13 , 27 , 29 –31 , 36 –37 , 71 , 79 , 81 , 129 , 143 –44 , 195 –96 , 211 , 233 , 264 –66 , 275 –76 , 289 , 291 , 296 , 303 –4 , 338
exercise 26 –27 , 32 , 34 –35 , 37 –38 , 41 , 62 , 76 , 78 , 98 , 101 –2 , 128 , 131 , 144 –48 , 151 , 166 , 207 –9 , 214 –16 , 222 –24 , 226 , 245 , 270 , 300 –301 , 305 , 309 –10 , 323 , 327 , 346 , 351
imaginative 38
meditational 129
mind 132
of concentration 146
of formation 145
oral 99
physio-epistemic 299
practical 210
spiritual 3 , 5 –6 , 9 , 13 –14 , 26 , 43 , 45 –46 , 58 –59 , 72 , 89 , 92 –93 , 96 –97 , 99 , 115 –34 , 137 –38 , 140 –41 , 144 –48 , 153 , 157 –58 , 163 –67 , 176 –79 , 190 , 194 –95 , 205 , 210 –13 , 214 –16 , 222 –24 , 226 , 238 , 265 , 267 –68 , 281 –82 , 291 –92 , 294 , 299 –301 , 304 , 355 , 380
therapeutic 146
top-down 144
Friedmann, Georges 93
genealogy 74 , 80 , 89 , 91 –92 , 94 , 96 –97 , 111 –12 , 243 –44 , 248 , 251 , 260 , 359 , 362 –63 , 366 , 368 , 375 –76 , 380 –83
God 34 , 37 , 42 , 65 , 75 –76 , 101 , 104 –5 , 109 , 123 , 134 , 141 –43 , 197 –98 , 297 , 301 , 306 , 344 , 346 –48 , 364 –65
gratitude 129
happiness 34 , 37 , 42 –43 , 61 –62 , 74 , 132 –33 , 141 , 152 , 217 , 226 , 265 –66 , 272 , 277 , 290 , 294 , 346 –48 , 350 , 352 –54
Hippocrates 41
Hölderlin, Friedrich 190
Julian 141
kairos (καιρός) 233
language 29 , 48 , 58 , 66 , 73 , 78 , 103 , 110 , 125 , 134 , 157 , 163 –64 , 183 , 186 , 194 , 198 , 230 , 232 , 236 , 248 , 252 , 254 , 267 , 299 , 302 , 308 –10 , 369 , 375
Marx, Karl 189
meditation (meletē, μελέτη) 26 , 34 , 37 –38 , 115 , 122 , 129 , 139 , 146 , 149 –50 , 153 –54 , 198 , 214
praemeditatio malorum 129
praemeditatio mortis 38
monotheism 186
nature (phusis, φύσις) 29 , 32 –33 , 35 , 59 –62 , 76 , 80 , 90 –92 , 97 , 104 –12 , 128 –29 , 131 –32 , 134 , 138 –39 , 149 –50 , 157 –58 , 190 , 215 , 264 –66 , 290 –92 , 294 –99 , 301 , 308 , 341 , 351 , 353 , 361 , 366 –67 , 369 , 371 –72
Newman, John Henry 130
Origen 41
Ovid 195
parrhesia (parrhēsia, παρρησία) 7 , 9 , 14 –15 , 80 , 187 , 218 , 230 –38 , 241 –44 , 246 –55 , 257 –61 , 266 , 271 , 275 –80 , 283 , 317 , 329 , 332
Parmenides 30
Philo of Alexandria 40
philosophy
Pindar 143
Plato 7 , 9 , 12 , 15 –16 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 32 –34 , 36 , 43 , 48 , 52 , 56 , 58 , 62 –67 , 90 , 92 , 95 , 97 –101 , 103 –5 , 107 , 109 –11 , 125 , 131 –32 , 141 –42 , 147 , 149 , 152 , 163 , 165 , 172 , 210 , 212 , 220 –21 , 225 , 231 , 233 , 235 –36 , 238 , 248 –49 , 256 –57 , 271 , 278 , 303 , 305 , 310 , 313 , 315 –18 , 322 , 326 , 329 , 335 , 339 , 341 –44 , 347 , 359 –61 , 363 –66 , 369 , 375 , 378 –79
pleasure 5 , 30 –31 , 35 , 42 , 56 , 64 –65 , 71 , 73 –78 , 193 –94 , 196 , 264 –65 , 270 , 289 –90 , 294 , 296 , 307 , 321 , 346 –47 , 353 –54
power 4 , 27 , 39 , 41 –42 , 55 –56 , 64 , 70 , 74 , 76 , 79 , 82 , 90 , 102 , 107 –9 , 120 , 122 , 129 , 143 , 188 , 190 , 207 –8 , 210 , 213 , 215 , 219 –220 , 222 , 224 , 226 , 237 –38 , 245 , 278 , 281 , 296 , 299 , 304 –5 , 307 , 316 , 318 , 333 , 371 –72
disciplinary 4
divine 226
intellectual 143
Proclus 39
psyche (psukhē, ψυχή) 16 , 26 , 33 , 45 , 54 , 92 –93 , 96 –98 , 105 , 109 –12 , 141 , 143 , 189 , 224 , 250 , 313 –14 , 324 –29 , 333 –35
Pyrrho 61
Pyrrhonism 267
reason 9 , 14 , 39 –40 , 75 –76 , 80 –81 , 90 –91 , 119 –23 , 128 –30 , 134 , 137 , 139 –41 , 143 –44 , 149 –50 , 152 –53 , 157 , 205 –10 , 212 –27 , 268 –70 , 290 –91 , 294 , 297 –302 , 308 , 326 , 347 –48 , 351 –53 , 366
relaxation 26
religion 9 , 13 , 25 , 30 , 40 , 47 , 52 , 57 , 59 , 61 , 91 –92 , 94 , 97 , 104 , 106 , 110 , 112 , 115 , 117 , 120 –23 , 127 , 134 , 137 , 147 , 176 , 183 –86 , 190 , 195 , 209 –10 , 212 , 227 , 360
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 380
Scholastics 96
self
-criticism 37
-cultivation 4
-discipline 128
-transformation 14 , 26 , 28 , 55 , 79 , 115 , 124 , 128 , 133 –34 , 137 –38 , 151 , 188 , 207 , 217 –18 , 291 –92 , 380
-writing 290
Sellars, John 2 , 5 , 7 , 9 –10 , 14 , 16 , 26 , 28 , 33 , 47 , 53 –55 58 –59 , 73 , 75 –76 , 89 , 93 , 117 , 128 , 131 , 137 , 166 , 170 , 173 , 205 , 207 –8 , 210 –3 , 215 , 219 , 222 , 226 , 264 , 289 , 292 , 295 , 302 , 304 , 309 , 311 , 338 –39
Seneca 28 , 39 , 57 –60 , 70 , 73 –76 , 121 , 142 , 144 , 147 , 152 , 177 , 216 , 230 , 264 , 273 , 290 , 292 –93 , 296 –302 , 308 –11 , 339 , 355
Socrates 7 , 12 , 15 , 25 , 31 –33 , 42 –43 , 53 –56 , 58 , 63 –64 , 67 , 90 –91 , 95 , 97 –98 , 102 –4 , 115 , 118 , 141 –42 , 150 , 206 , 210 , 212 , 214 , 217 , 221 , 225 –26 , 233 , 235 , 248 –49 , 252 –55 , 261 , 271 , 305 , 313 , 315 , 319 , 323 –35 , 338 , 342 –44 , 355
Sophistry 232
soul 16 , 26 –27 , 31 –35 , 39 –41 , 45 , 54 –56 , 61 , 63 , 93 , 95 , 100 , 102 –5 , 107 , 125 , 127 –30 , 141 , 143 –44 , 149 , 167 , 173 , 183 –84 , 196 –98 , 205 , 209 –11 , 220 –21 , 226 , 233 , 236 , 247 –49 , 271 –72 , 279 , 290 , 295 –96 , 298 –99 , 305 , 307 –11 , 313 –16 , 323 –25 , 327 –29 , 333 , 335 , 352 , 355
spirituality 3 , 6 , 9 , 13 –4 , 52 , 72 , 81 –82 , 89 , 91 –101 , 105 , 111 –12 , 123 , 128 , 167 , 176 , 183 , 185 , 187 –88 , 190 , 198 , 217 , 223 –24 , 282 , 291 , 313
theory 4 , 6 , 9 , 29 –30 , 37 , 53 , 59 , 103 , 105 , 115 , 122 , 130 , 132 –33 , 146 , 170 , 179 , 186 , 211 , 215 –16 , 265 , 280 , 341 , 345 –46 , 355 –56 , 367 , 374 , 377
Thoreau, Henry David 116
training 26 , 31 , 35 , 62 , 128 , 131 –32 , 134 , 144 , 154 , 166 , 207 , 210 –11 , 224 , 355 , 379
of reason 225
of the soul 32
for death 129