Chapter 1 Introduction The dialogical disposition of Krishnamurti's work Hadot and the classical philosophical dialogue Understanding Krishnamurti through the Hadotian lens The Krishnamurti dialogue and multicultural philosophy The journey ahead Part I: The classical philosophical dialogue Chapter 2 'Know thyself': Hadot and the conception of transformative philosophy The 'organized totality' of classical philosophy Transformative philosophy The communal dimension of transformative philosophy Sages or philosophers? Chapter 3 'You have dispelled my doubts and delusions': Dialogue in classical India and classical Greece The dialogical dimension of Indian philosophies The conversational nature of Greek philosophy The beginnings of the transformative dialogue Chapter 4 'When people are questioned, and the questions are well put': Transformative dialogue in the Upaniads and in Plato Dialogue as transformation The teacher as a midwife The two types of transformation Chapter 5 Dialogues of life and death: Transformative dialogue in Plato's Phaedo and in the Kahopaniad Death as an opportunity Soul-liberation in the Phaedo 'Know thyself to be pure and immortal!' Where mysticism diverges from transformative philosophy Complete and incomplete endings Part II: The Krishnamurti dialogue Chapter 6 'We are inquiring together': The dialogical nature of Jiddu Krishnamurti's work Krishnamurti as a rebel The awakening of intelligence Krishnamurti's teachings as a living praxis Chapter 7 'Questions to which there are no answers': The method behind the Krishnamurti dialogue The birth of a new method First dialogue analysis Second dialogue analysis On Krishnamurti's question and negation Chapter 8 'The thunder of insight': The final destination of Krishnamurti's dialogue First stage: The method Second stage: The preparatory stage Third stage: The shift of insight Fourth stage: The ultimate state Chapter 9 'Come and join me': Krishnamurti in dialogue with scholars Krishnamurti and the life of the mind Murdoch-Krishnamurti: Trying to 'build up structures' Needleman-Krishnamurti: Looking beyond the self's barbed-wire fence Understanding Krishnamurti Part III: Krishnamurti and the classical philosophical dialogue Chapter 10 Socrates, koan, Krishnamurti: Questions as a spiritual exercise Socrates: Refutation as cleansing Koan: Rooting out the entire mind Krishnamurti: The answer is in the question Chapter 11 Nagarjuna, sakara, Krishnamurti: Negation as a spiritual exercise Nagarjuna: The relinquishing of all views sakara: atman is left unnegated Krishnamurti: The denial of knowledge Chapter 12 Conclusions and Implications Main conclusions Transformative philosophy or mysticism? Implementing the Krishnamurti dialogue Bibliography.