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Autore |
Wright J. Lenore <1972-> |
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Titolo |
The philosopher's "I" : autobiography and the search for the self / / J. Lenore Wright |
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Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
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9780791480984 |
0791480984 |
9781429457989 |
1429457988 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophers - History and criticism |
Autobiography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Writing the self -- Groundwork for a study of autobiography -- Writing the examined life -- The rationale for autobiographical writing -- Autobiography as confession -- Features of autobiographical writing -- Conclusions -- Bifurcating the self -- Self-ascription and self-description -- The inner self -- The outer self -- Conclusions -- Masking the self -- Deception and concealment -- Knowledge and truth in autobiography -- Self-deception -- Self-concealment -- Self-masking -- Conclusions -- Tranforming the self -- The dialectic of philosophical autobiography -- Interpretation and understanding -- Gracia on interpretation -- Gadamer on truth in interpretation -- Nietzsche and the subversion of the self. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using works written over the course of 1,500 years, considers philosophers' autobiographies as a genre of philosophical writing. |
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