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Quotes from The Art of Living — Alexander Nehamas

born 1946 Greece

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To study the art of living is to engage in one of its forms.

The Art of Living (1998)

During the period that began with classical Greece and ended with late pagan antiquity, philosophy was more than merely a theoretical discipline. Even when Aristotle identified philosophy with "theory," his purpose is to argue ... that a life of theoretical activity, the life of philosophy, was the best life that human beings could lead.

The Art of Living (1998)

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