Descartes and the Problem of Discontinuity in the History of Philosophy as an Art of Living

• Mori, Luca ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Pisa

     University of Pisa

     Pisa, Italia

     
• Localización: Acta Philosophica: rivista internazionale di filosofia, ISSN 1121-2179, Vol. 34, Nº. 1, 2025, págs. 105-118
• Idioma: italiano
• DOI: 10.19272/202500701007
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  • Starting with an interrupted exchange of views between Pierre Hadot and Michel Foucault, Descartes’ thought can act as a strict test bed for any attempt at defining interruptions and continuity in the history of philosophical spiritual exercises from the ancient world to the modern age. This paper provides a new interpretation of the role that has been assumedly played by Descartes in the history of philosophical exercises, by introducing a quadripartite hermeneutic model to discover continuities and discontinuities between different theoretical positions.