Earliest Memories

Sofya Kovalevskaya

Chapter Chapter One in A Russian Childhood, 1978, pp 47-58 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I would like to know whether there is anyone who can pinpoint that precise instant of existence when a clear awareness of his or her own “I” emerged for the first time: the earliest glimmer of conscious life. I cannot do it at all. When I start sorting through my first memories and classifying them, the same thing happens to me every time: these memories always seem to slide apart before my eyes. Here it is, it seems—I’ve found it, the first impression that left a distinct memory trace. But no sooner do I focus my thoughts on it for a while than other impressions from an even earlier time immediately appear and take form.

Keywords: Fairy Tale; Clear Awareness; Conscious Life; RUSSIAN Childhood; Precise Instant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-3839-1_2

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