PHIL 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pierre Hadot, Gautama Buddha, Existentialism
30 Sep 2018
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Learning to die well, death contemplation as an existential practice. Where the tensions arrive, recognizing the anguish and despair and anxiety. Struggle against suffering which it offers to echo fredrick. Impermanence- break down of something we relied on. The 3rd one (we can forget were suffering, lie to ourselves and our existence. You can trick yourself into thinking were okay. Rediscover the notion of being, but buddhism is non-being, why. Pierre hadot- ancient philosophy can offer us a plan to live our lives. Intended to effect a modification and a transformation in the subjects who practice them. We read anceint texts to change our lives. At the root of philosophy is the existential choice of how we ought to live, in the face of various difficulties. We should meet challenges in a way that affirms our life. Siddhartha gautama (the buddha)was born to the royal family in.
