02682nam 2200625Ia 450 991096767250332120200520144314.09780791480984079148098497814294579891429457988(CKB)1000000000470947(OCoLC)85857951(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575990(SSID)ssj0000220833(PQKBManifestationID)11203308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220833(PQKBWorkID)10156717(PQKB)10799152(MiAaPQ)EBC3407563(MdBmJHUP)muse6471(Au-PeEL)EBL3407563(CaPaEBR)ebr10575990(DE-B1597)681726(DE-B1597)9780791480984(Perlego)2672208(EXLCZ)99100000000047094720060113d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe philosopher's "I" autobiography and the search for the self /J. Lenore WrightAlbany, NY State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (229 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791469132 0791469131 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.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.Using works written over the course of 1,500 years, considers philosophers' autobiographies as a genre of philosophical writing.PhilosophersBiographyHistory and criticismAutobiographyPhilosophersHistory and criticism.Autobiography.920.001Wright J. Lenore1972-1811451MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967672503321The philosopher's "I"4363325UNINA