Lloyd's book is a provocative essay on the fragmen tation of the self as explored in philosophy and literature. The past is irrevocable, conscious ness changes as time passes: given this can there ever be such a thing as the unity of the self?
Lloyd's book is a provocative essay on the fragmen tation of the self as explored in philosophy and literature. The past is irrevocable, conscious ness changes as time passes: given this can there ever be such a thing as the unity of the self?
Genevieve Lloyd is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, and author of The Man of Reason: 'Male' and 'Female' in Western Philosophy (London, Routledge, 1984). She has published papers on the metaphysics of time, on the history of philosophy, philosophy and literature, and philosophical aspects of gender.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1 Augustine and the 'problem' of time 2 The self: unity and fragmentation Descartes: the unity of thinking substance Hume's labyrinth and the painting of modern life Kant: the unity of apperception 3 The past: loss or eternal return? Bergson: time and loss Nietzsche: 'ill will towards time' 4 Life and literature Proust: 'life realized within the confines of a book' Virginia Woolf: moments of being. Conclusion: philosophy and literature
Introduction 1 Augustine and the 'problem' of time 2 The self: unity and fragmentation Descartes: the unity of thinking substance Hume's labyrinth and the painting of modern life Kant: the unity of apperception 3 The past: loss or eternal return? Bergson: time and loss Nietzsche: 'ill will towards time' 4 Life and literature Proust: 'life realized within the confines of a book' Virginia Woolf: moments of being. Conclusion: philosophy and literature
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