An Autobiography

R. G. Collingwood

• Publisher: Hoar Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781473302624
• eBook ISBN: 9781473396005

This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'An Autobiography' is the story of Collingwood's personal and academic life. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another important influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• I. Bent of a Twig
• II. Spring Frost
• III. Minute Philosophers
• IV. Inclination of a Sapling
• V. Question and Answer
• VI. The Decay of Realism
• VII. The History of Philosophy
• VIII. The Need for a Philosophy of History
• IX. The Foundations of the Future
• X. History as the Self-knowledge of Mind
• XI. Roman Britain
• XII. Theory and Practice