Autobiography as philosophy: the philosophical uses of self-presentation
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Thomas Mathien and D.G. Wright
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 277 p.
SERIES
Series Title
(Routledge advances in the history of philosophy
Volume Designation
; 2)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Philosophers' autobiographies / Thomas Mathien -- The Confessions of Saint Augustine : accessory to grace / Samantha Thompson -- Who is Peter Abelard? / Calvin G. Normore -- Philosophy without heroism : Montaigne and the vanity of autobiography / D.G. Wright -- Exile and philosophy : Descartes / Andre Gombay -- Scrissela da filosofo : the life of Giambattista Vico written by himself / Domenico Pietropaolo -- Hume's "life" and the virtues of the dying / Donald C. Ainslie -- Portraying nature : Rousseau's reveries as philosophy and art / Eve Grace -- John Henry Newman and autobiographical philosophy / Jay Newman -- Mill's autobiography / Fred Wilson -- The subject of Nietzsche's Ecce homo / D.G. Wright -- R.G. Collingwood : philosophy as autobiography / Lionel Rubinoff -- Is Bertrand Russell a logical fiction? / John G. Slater