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Life Stories: The Ends of Life, the Ends of Philosophical Writing

Some philosophical writings help us to ask questions about the
ends of human life, but others put obstacles in our way. But what
is the difference exactly, and what light does it throw on how the biographies of philosophers ought to be written? This talk will reflect on these issues with illustrations from the lives of Franz Rosenzweig and Georg Lukács.

Alasdair MacIntyre is widely regarded as the leading moral philosopher of our time.


A series of lectures exploring the uses of biography
in the Conference Centre

What is the connection between living a life and recounting it? It has been argued that human existence itself is woven out of the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - but are stories the best ways of understanding human lives? What happens when philosophical analyses of existence and identity meet up with biographical narratives?

This lecture series presents a cast of philosophers, theorists and biographers who will take the opportunity to reflect on how far we can understand our lives in terms of life-stories.


Speaker(s):

Alasdair Macintyre | talks

 

Date and Time:

17 May 2004 at 6:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

The British Library
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London
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