Your whole life : beyond childhood and adulthood / James Bernard Murphy.
In this book, the author defends the substantial unity of a human person whose life endures through time. Because a human being is an irreducible whole (including biological, psychological, and narrative powers), our lives can have personal coherence over time. The whole temporal expanse of a life i...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphiam, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Haney Foundation series.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | In this book, the author defends the substantial unity of a human person whose life endures through time. Because a human being is an irreducible whole (including biological, psychological, and narrative powers), our lives can have personal coherence over time. The whole temporal expanse of a life is prior to any of its stages, just as a whole human person is prior to any of her organs or powers. We can tell stories about our past, present, and future only because we possess a certain kind of complex unity at any one time. What we are as human beings makes it possible for us to lead the life of a human person"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0812297091 9780812297096 |