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Humanlife and the Advent of Philosophy: A Theory of Philosophical Autobiography
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis dissertation presents a theory of philosophical autobiography. It includes studies of the autobiographical writings of Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Vico, and Nietzsche. I argue that philosophers write autobiographies in order to present and give an account of philosophical first principles. I also argue that Plato invented philosophical autobiography.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- PhD
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Immediate Access
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Philosophy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hoinski, David Frank
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Ronald Polansky
- Patrick Miller
- George Yancy
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/657
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1673