In this latest work by Professor Johnstone, a sharp but rewarding distinction is made between person and self. "Self" is defined as the locus of tension or contradiction in the person, rather than a loose equivalent of "person." The author carefully examines the relations between this definition and traditional conceptions of the self in terms of immortality, identity, consciousness, and privileged access and considers the pivotal role of the self in philosophical argumentation. The work ties together in impressively lucid, often luminous fashion, the strands of logic, philosophical argument, and philosophical anthropology. Thus the reader is brought together with a cluster of vital issues in metaphysics and theory of knowledge-issues which are the subject of lively discussion today, as well as perennial in nature.