{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-philosophy-rousseaus-the-reveries-of-the-solitary-walker-paperback","title":"The Autobiography of Philosophy: Rousseau's the Reveries of the Solitary Walker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most important book about the nature of philosophy and of the human soul published this year. In making the condition for its own possibility its deepest concern, philosophy is necessarily about itself-it is autobiographical. The first part of \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e interprets Heidegger's \u003ci\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eOn the Genealogy of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e, Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e, and Plato's \u003ci\u003eLysis\u003c\/i\u003e as examples of the implicitly autobiographical character of philosophy. The second part is a reading of Rousseau's \u003ci\u003eThe Reveries of the Solitary Walker\u003c\/i\u003e. Although Rousseau's explicitly autobiographical writings are more often read for the tantalizing details of his rather eccentric life than for their philosophical import, this work is an artful use of Rousseau's exile and isolation-\"the strangest position in which a mortal could ever find himself\"-as a paradigm for the human soul in its relation to the world. In powerfully articulating the activity that is at the core of all philosophy, \u003ci\u003eThe Reveries\u003c\/i\u003e articulates the nature of the human soul for which this activity is the defining possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College. His most recent works include \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Philosophy: A Commentary on Aristotle's Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.98 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45620675444933,"sku":"9780847692279","price":134.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ETIfWvrWOs9780847692279.webp?v=1781402874","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-autobiography-of-philosophy-rousseaus-the-reveries-of-the-solitary-walker-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}