{"product_id":"ars-vitae-9780268108908","title":"Ars Vitae","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Lasch-Quinn] is a gifted scholar whose examination of ancient works, their modern scholarly reception, and the appearance of big ideas in popular culture is consistently brilliant. . . . She manages to cover over two thousand years of philosophical development in under four hundred pages, and while those pages are dense in content, they are charmingly readable. The introduction, ‘Therapeia,’ is worth the price of the book.” —\u003ci\u003eFront Porch Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e”In her profoundly insightful and thought-provoking work, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn . . . notes, ‘the problems with contemporary culture stem in part from its inability, even in the event that basic needs are met, to provide adequate resources for the living of everyday life.’ . . . Lasch-Quinn’s work not only informs but urges the reader to seek a deeper understanding of the current problems we face.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociology and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lasch-Quinn has set out in \u003ci\u003eArs Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e to embody the best of what true philosophical writing has to offer. She writes in a way that makes her readers better thinkers, more reflective and self-aware, and she does so by showing the development of her own thinking—who her influences are, the sources from which she draws her wisdom, and how philosophy informs her understanding of herself, the culture, and the world in which she lives.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lasch-Quinn turns to the ancients to persuade her readers that living, contra postmodernism, can bring us to 'the heights of awe, love, and wholeness,' even in the face of great pain and evil. . . . Many of us go through days, weeks, and even years of being beaten down, but suffering, Lasch-Quinn’s book tells us, can be transfigured into beauty, even holiness. \" —\u003ci\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is what makes \u003ci\u003eArs Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e such vital reading. It provides both a thorough-going critique of the therapeutic, self-obsessed ethos so dominant today, and a way beyond it, through the potential development of those inner, moral resources on which true selfhood and a moral community rest.\" —\u003ci\u003espiked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArs Vitae \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable book. . . . The prose feels intensely personal, and even intimate, engaging the reader in the author’s search for meaning with an approach that feels consequential without being personally needy.\" —\u003ci\u003eLaw and Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lasch-Quinn’s forward-looking vision, developed through an impressive range of learning, ties wholeness, flourishing, selfhood, and health to goodness, truth, and beauty, which remain attainable through the most basic impulses and features of human life. That she makes her argument through accessible and upbeat engagements with everyday realities like literature, film, architecture, and coffee mugs (for which she has a real fondness) only proves her point.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eArs Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e doesn’t just stir the imagination—it stirs the \u003ci\u003escholarly\u003c\/i\u003e imagination. It makes one think not simply about its subject but also how one might approach \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e subject. It is thus an example of both innovation and intervention.” —\u003ci\u003eChristian Scholar’s Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book is not a manual but instead a glimpse into, and an invitation to join, a conversation about what is good and how to live. . . . In the end, those who take up \u003ci\u003eArs Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e may find themselves, as I did, most grateful to Lasch-Quinn for giving them grounds for hope.” —\u003ci\u003eVoegelinView\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s engaging and learned \u003ci\u003eArs Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living\u003c\/i\u003e is an intellectual \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e that expounds various branches of ancient philosophy, assesses the scholarly debate around them, and critiques much of the modern appropriation of the classical heritage.\" —\u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor Abbreviations and Sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Therapeia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The New Gnosticism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The New Stoicism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The New Epicureanism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The New Cynicism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The New Platonism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Philosophia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Once\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400756765015,"sku":"9780268108908","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268108908.jpg?v=1730471489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ars-vitae-9780268108908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}