Hans-Georg Gadamer was born in 1900 in Breslau, and 75 years were encouraged to write these memories of his long journey through the world of German philosophy of our century. He had begun his career in his hometown, where some teachers it pointed the way to Marburg, the prestigious center of neo-Kantianism. If Breslau could perceive the change of time in some major technological innovations in the twenties Marburg unable to attend closely to the passage of the nineteenth-century academic philosophy even to strictly contemporary philosophy, represented mainly by Martin Heidegger. His thinking, which still makes an impact, was for students in the twenties a real jolt. After the war, Gadamer was rector of the University of Leipzig, and tried to reorganize the college life in coexistence with the dominant Soviet socialism sign. The cohabitation became unbearable and accepted an appointment as professor in Frankfurt. It was a brief period, interrupted by a long trip to Argentina, where he established his known ties of sympathy with the Spanish speaking world. He finally found his professorship in Heidelberg final and from there brought his philosophical hermeneutics to contemporary thought. In remembrance of his life, Gadamer includes detailed characterizations of important figures who crossed his path and became teachers for it. His successful portraits capture the most authentic features famous thinkers such as Hartmann, Scheler, Natorp, Lipps, Löwitz, Jaspers and Heidegger himself. But it also features innovative and stimulating spirits lesser known today Schürer, Kommerell and Krüger, who deserves to be rescued as milestones in the spirit of this century. Gadamer's memories show the intimate connection of their way to the great philosophical currents of contemporary thought.