LEADER 02499nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910452107303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-15025-8 010 $a9786611150259 010 $a0-19-152805-6 010 $a1-4356-1405-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481412 035 $a(EBL)415906 035 $a(OCoLC)476245644 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194049 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180353 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194049 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246413 035 $a(PQKB)11110713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10199697 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115025 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481412 100 $a20070509d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe long life$b[electronic resource] /$fHelen Small 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-922993-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; 1. The Platonic Threshold; 2. On Seeing the End; 3. Narrative Unity of Lives; 4. The Power of Choosing; 5. Where Self-Interest Ends; 6. The Bounded Life; 7. Now or Never; 8. Evolved Senescence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Notes; Index 330 $aThe first major consideration of old age in Western philosophy and literature since Simone de Beauvoir's The Coming of Age , Helen Small ranges widely from Plato through to recent work by Derek Parfit, Bernard Williams and others, and from King Lear through Balzac, Dickens, Beckett, Stevie Smith, Bellow, Roth, and Coetzee. - ;The Long Life invites the reader to range widely from the writings of Plato through to recent philosophical work by Derek Parfit, Bernard Williams, and others, and from Shakespeare's King Lear through works by Thomas Mann, Balzac, Dickens, Beckett, Stevie Smith, Philip La 606 $aOld age$xPhilosophy 606 $aOld age in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOld age$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aOld age in literature. 676 $a305.2601 700 $aSmall$b Helen$0457536 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452107303321 996 $aThe long life$91893870 997 $aUNINA