Spiritual Exercises as an Essential Part of Philosophical Life

• Authors: Gasparov Igor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In my paper I will argue for the thesis that spiritual exercises are an essential part of every philosophical life. My arguments are partly historical, partly conceptual in their nature. First, I show that philosophy at each stage of its history was accompanied by spiritual exercises. Next, I provide a definition of spiritual exercises as genuinely philo-sophical activity. Then I show that the philosophical life cannot be complete if it does not include spiritual exercises.

Keywords

EN

spiritual exercises; philosophy; philosophical way of life; good life

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 45-49

Contributors

author

Gasparov Igor

• Voronezh State Medical Academy