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Betraying the Tradition: Dispositions of Thinking Through Askesis to Wonder

Studia Heideggeriana
We find ourselves thrown into the world, enveloped in a certain context. Our behavior is to a large extent conditioned by this context and the inherited ways of thinking.
Arto Tammenoksa, Tuomas Lammi, Anttoni Koivulehto   +2 more
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Normativity and the Critical Functions of Genealogy: The Case of Modern Science1

Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 682-707, October 2023., 2023
Abstract The first part of this article offers some general remarks about genealogical approaches to history, focusing on historical narratives that stress the role played by theological considerations in the formation of aspects of secular modernity. A central question is whether such genealogies can serve to critique the present without drawing upon ...
Peter Harrison
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Philosophy of religion as a way of life: Askesis and Ethics

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 886-898, September 2022., 2022
Philosophy as a way of life has been undergoing a revival in recent years. This essay explores how the central idea of the spiritual exercises can be used to develop an account of philosophy of religion as a way of life. It details some of the contemporary uses and trajectories of philosophy as a way of life.
Deborah Casewell
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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives

Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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Spirituality in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: An analysis in the wake of Foucault

Metaphilosophy, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 616-627, October 2021., 2021
Abstract Ancient philosophy is often distinguished from modern philosophy regarding its affinity to spirituality. In antiquity, philosophy meant a way of life rather than a body of knowledge. Yet according to Michel Foucault, Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit constitutes an important exception to modern philosophy’s break with spirituality, as it ...
Ariën Voogt
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The Persona of the Wolffian Philosopher in Early Eighteenth‐Century Germany

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 189-204, June 2021., 2021
Abstract This article contributes to the scholarly discussion of identity formation and persona by focusing on the expulsion of the German philosopher Christian Wolff from Prussia in 1723, and on the wave of printed propaganda that surrounded the event. In these writings the Wolffian philosopher was depicted as a diligent practitioner in the service of
Andreas Rydberg
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Thinking with Origen Today: Hermeneutical Challenges and Future Directions

, 2022
Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 191-203, April 2022.
Pui Him Ip
wiley   +1 more source

A CRIAÇÃO DE SI ENTRE A PARRÊSÍA E A HIPOCRISIA: ETOPOIÊTICA DO CUIDADO DE SI [PDF]

Kriterion, 2017
RESUMO Esboça-se neste artigo uma possível via de interpretação ao problema ético-estético, ou ainda ético-poiêtico da criação de si, a partir de uma reavaliação da noção de hipocrisia, enquanto arte do engano e arte do ator, reaproximando-a da ...
Gustavo Bezerra do Nascimento Costa
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Liturgy on the Reel

Journal for Religion, Film and Media, 2022
This article investigates representations of ascesis in film. Ascesis (askesis, ἄσκησις) is an ancient Christian praxis that remains an integral part of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Radovic, Milja
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Ejercicios espirituales e intelectualismo en Epicteto

Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2011
El objetivo central del presente trabajo consistirá en poner en cuestión la validez de la interpretación ofrecida por Pierre Hadot, Michel Foucault y John Sellars de la noción de áskesis en Epicteto.
Rodrigo Sebastián Braicovich
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