Roberta De Monticelli has studied in Pisa, Bonn, Zurich and in Oxford, where she worked with Michael Dummett, the noted philosopher of language. She has taught Modern and Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Geneva, and currently teaches Philosophy of the Human Person at the San Raffaele University, Milan. She has produced annotated translations of St Augustine’s Confessions (Garzanti 1990), and of Wittgenstein’s Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology (Adelphi 1990). Her other books include: L'ascesi filosofica (Feltrinelli1995); La conoscenza personale (Guerini 1998); L’ordine del cuore (Garzanti 2003); L’allegria della mente (B. Mondadori 2004); Nulla appare invano (Baldini Castoldi Dalai 2006); Esercizi di pensiero per apprendisti filosofi (Bollati Boringhieri 2006); Sullo spirito e l’ideologia (Baldini Castoldi Dalai 2007); Ontologia del nuovo (with C. Conni, Bruno Mondadori 2008); La novità di ognuno. Persona e libertà (Garzanti 2009); La questione morale (Raffaello Cortina 2010).