Autobiography as philosophy the philosophical uses of self-presentation - Mathien, Thomas; Wright, D. G., 1969-; T&F eBooks (London ; New York : Routledge, 2006)
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 / André 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Philosophers -- Biography -- History and criticism; Autobiography; Philosophical literature -- History and criticism; Electronic books