Writing the self : diaries, memoirs, and the history of the self /

The self has a history. In the West, the idea of the soul entered Christianity with the Church Fathers, notably Augustine. During the Renaissance the idea of the individual attained preeminence, as in the works of Montaigne. In the seventeenth century, philosophers such as Descartes formulated notio...

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Main Author: Heehs, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
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