Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes

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In his concise and ambitious book, Gareth B. Matthews explores the implications of doing philosophy in the first person. He focuses on the most notable attempts in the history of philosophy to take this perspective: Augustine's Confessions, perhaps the first significant autobiography in Western culture, and Soliloquies, a dialogue between himself and reason; and Descartes's Meditations and Discourse on Method. "By examining the first-personalization...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801427754

ISBN13:9780801427756

Release Date:January 1992

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:217 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

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