Memory and the self: an adumbration of some major themes -- The varieties of remembering -- Rilkean memory -- The metaphysical and the autobiographical self -- The problem of forgetting -- The problem of falsity -- Rilkean memory and the style of a person -- The presence of self in memory -- The content of memory -- The waters of Lethe
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Our memories, many believe, make us who we are. But most of our experiences have been forgotten, and the memories that remain are often wildly inaccurate. How, then, can memories play this person-making role? The answer lies in a largely unrecognized type of memory: Rilkean memory