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PWL International Seminar #4

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PWL INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR #4 “Affability, Attention to the Present and Cosmic Consciousness: Byung-Chul Han and Philosophy as a Way of Life” LUCAS NASCIMENTO MACHADO ONLINE | June 25 | 8 PM (CET) Abstract In our presentation, we will discuss the similarities in Hadot’s understanding the philosophical way of life and Han’s understanding of Freundlichkeit (“Affability”) […]

PWL International Seminar #3

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PWL INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR #3 “Intellectual Happiness in XIV-century Bologna: Reading Gentile of Cingoli and Related Texts” MATTEO STETTLER ONLINE | May 28 | 8 PM (CET) Abstract This presentation examines the rediscovery of philosophy as a way of life in Dante’s Italy, engaging critically with Pierre Hadot’s thesis that the medieval university and the rise […]

PWL International Seminar #2

Online

PWL INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR #2 “Practice Grounds for Living and Community-Oriented Self-Formation: The Role of Institutes of Higher Learning” KAM BELLAMY & PHILIP FRANCIS ONLINE | April 30 | 8 PM (CET) Abstract Across the global tradition ISPWL brings into dialogue, “philosophy as a way of life” names not only a field of study, but efforts […]