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This article reviews a number of recent books and practices that address a renewed interest in the role that philosophy might play in the living of a rich and fulfilling life. The review looks at books addressed to the general public as well as books which discuss such classical and Hellenistic philosophers as took their task to be helping people achieve happiness in life. It then turns to contemporary studies of the self and of wisdom and turns finally to some newly emerging philosophical practices such as philosophical counselling and philosophical discussion groups of various kinds in order to explore whether philosophy can still be a source of consolation or guidance in contemporary life.
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van Hooft, S. Philosophy and the care of the self: A literature survey. SOPHIA 41, 89–134 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02780406
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02780406