The Thread of Life

by Richard Wollheim

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This book is based on the William James Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1982. It offers a new approach to the philosophical understanding of a person, taking as fundamental the process of living as a person, and emphasising the continuity and development across time of an individual life.

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A different approach to the philosophy of the mind, Wollheim discusses topics not usually found in books like this. These include psychoanalysis and ethics in addition to the main topic. The title of the book provides a clue to his approach as he lectures on life more holistically than the typical philosopher of the mind.

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