The Selected Writings of Pierre Hadot

[A] great pleasure to read, inspirational in the immense historical reach and interpretative ambition evidenced by every essay, quite clear in its conceptual distinctions and articulations, and provocative. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Sharpe and Testa are to be thanked for making this collection available. Their able translation has produced a work that cultivates and contributes to what Hadot described as a ‘poetic’ or philosophical attitude … Aided throughout by the translators’ notes, the essays richly reward careful study. * The Classical Review *
This careful translation takes on important tasks. In addition to highlighting the multiple facets of Hadot’s work, the critical apparatus rigorously provides important terminological nuances that might have been lost in translation otherwise … It also contributes immensely to the debate regarding the distinction between spiritual exercises and Foucault s technologies of the self. * Foucault Studies *
The Selected Writings of Pierre Hadot: Philosophy as Practice is a welcome addition to the work of the influential French classicist and philosopher available in English. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Selected Writings provides fourteen chapters of newly translated material that those working in ancient philosophy or philosophy as a way of life will welcome. * Metaphilosophy *
Pierre Hadot’s book Philosophy as a Way of Life has, over the last 25 years, transformed how we think about philosophy. This new volume, long overdue, is its perfect companion, containing an equally valuable selection of Hadot’s essays. It is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy as a way of life. Testa and Sharpe are to be commended for making these essays available to an English-speaking audience. * John Sellars, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom *
An indispensable resource for anyone interested in ancient philosophy as a way of life. Hadot’s writings, beautifully translated here by Sharpe and Testa, allow readers, once again, to engage with philosophies such Platonism and Stoicism as genuine lived practices rather than mere theories. * Donald Robertson, author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (2019) *

Pierre Hadot was Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France. His books include Philosophy as a Way of Life (1995) and Plotinus (1998).

Matthew Sharpe teaches philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. He has written books on Albert Camus, Slavoj Zizek, critical theory and contemporary politics. He is presently working on a history of philosophy as a way of life in the West (Bloomsbury, 2019, with M. Ure).

Federico Testa is an Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick. His current research focuses on Michel Foucault’s politics of life, French contemporary philosophy and the revival of Hellenistic tradition within Modern and Contemporary philosophy.

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