Naturalization of the Soul: Self and Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century

by Raymond Martin and John Barresi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415216451
• ISBN13: 9780415216456
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"