by Francesca Rigotti
Here, an account is provided, in autobiographical form, of the path of the author toward philosophy, as a calling, from the choice of university faculty to the first experiences as researcher, until her encounter with the theme of metaphor, true love at first sight, and beyond. You can read about the birth of her form of thought: “impertinent thought,” including the contamination of genders and the philosophy of daily life, founded upon political and feminist awareness. While the perspective of gender came relatively late to the academic writings of the author it would not be abandoned. Its implications are always borne in mind, as in the case of feeling of friendship, to which all philosophical tradition assigns male traits denied to women.