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First published as De senectute e altri scritti autobiografici, © Giulio Einaudi, 1996 Turin.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bobbio, Norberto, 1909–
[De senectute e altri scritti autobiografici. English]
Old age and other essays / Norberto Bobbio; translated and edited by Allan Cameron.
p. cm.
Translation of: De senectute e altri scritti autobiografici.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–7456–2386–7 (acid-free paper)—ISBN 0–7456–2387–5 (pbk: acid-free paper)
1. Bobbio, Norberto, 1909–2. Aging—Philosophy. I. Cameron, Allan, 1952–11. Title.

JC265.B59313 2001
305.26—dc21

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