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Book SynopsisTrade Review"James Bernard Murphy's readings of Aristotle, Augustine, Rousseau, and the Synoptic Gospels are unquestionably brilliant, and especially brilliant is how he draws on the discipline of evolutionary biology to organize them within a coherent intellectual framework. The depth at which he reflects on the big issues of human existence and the originality of his insights are marvelous." * Ronald Beiner, University of Toronto *
"Combining scholarship from philosophy, biology, sociology, psychology, and theology with truisms of common sense and popular culture,
Your Whole Life provides a nuanced and intriguing portrait of the human person. Accessible and engaging, this book will be of interest not only to specialists but also to readers interested in thinking about how to live more wisely." * Marya Schechtman, University of Illinois at Chicago *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Story of Your Life
Part I. Stories of Development
Chapter 1. Human Nature from a Developmental Perspective
Chapter 2. Development as the Recapitulation of Nature in Aristotle
Chapter 3. Development as Preformation in Augustine's Confessions
Chapter 4. Development as the Recapitulation of History in Rousseau
Chapter 5. Development as Juvenilization in the Synoptic Gospels
Part II. Unifying the Whole
Chapter 6. All of Me: Stages and the Whole of Life
Chapter 7. What Am I? Human Beings and Human Persons
Chapter 8. Who Am I? A Storybook Life
Conclusion. A Practical Guide to Life Writing
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
