NATURALIZATION OF THE SOUL by John Barresi, Raymond Martin ( 9780415333559 )

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NATURALIZATION OF THE SOUL
SELF AND PERSONAL IDENTITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

By:

John Barresi, Raymond Martin

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0415333555

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Pub. date:

12 February, 2004

Series:

Routledge Studies in Eighteenth Century Philosophy

Pages:

216

Description:

This text charts the development of the concepts of soul and self in Western thought, from Plato to the present. It emphasizes the enormous intellectual transformation in the 18th century, when the religious "soul" was replaced first by a philosophical "self" and then by a scientific "mind".

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Naturalization of the Soul charts the development of the concepts of soul and self in Western thought, from Plato to the present. It fills an important gap in intellectual history by being the first book to emphasize the enormous intellectual transformation in the eighteenth century, when the religious 'soul' was replaced first by a philosophical 'self' and then by a scientific 'mind'. The authors show that many supposedly contemporary theories of the self were actually discussed in the eighteenth century, and recognize the status of William Hazlitt as one of the most important Personal Identity theorists of the British Enlightenment, for his direct relevance to contemporary thinking. Now available in paperback, Naturaliazation of the Soul is essential reading for anyone interested in the issues at the core of the Western philosophical tradition.

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