Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. The Story of Your Life 1
4. PART I. STORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
5. Chapter 1. Human Nature from a Developmental Perspective 7
6. Chapter 2. Development as the Recapitulation of Nature in Aristotle 33
7. Chapter 3. Development as Preformation in Augustine’s Confessions 46
8. Chapter 4. Development as the Recapitulation of History in Rousseau 62
9. Chapter 5. Development as Juvenilization in the Synoptic Gospels 76
10. PART II. UNIFYING THE WHOLE
11. Chapter 6. All of Me: Stages and the Whole of Life 93
12. Chapter 7. What Am I? Human Beings and Human Persons 116
13. Chapter 8. Who Am I? A Storybook Life 143
14. Conclusion. A Practical Guide to Life Writing 177
15. Notes 187
16. Index 245
17. Acknowledgments 255