The Discovery of the Individual, 1050-1200University of Toronto Press, 1987 M01 1 - 188 pages Colin Morris traces the origin of the concept of the individual, not to the Renaissance where it is popularly assumed to have been invented, but farther back, to the spirituality and intellectually dynamic world of Europe in the twelfth century. First published in 1972. |
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Contents
THE QUESTION | 1 |
xiii | 26 |
NEW LEARNING IN A NEW SOCIETY | 37 |
THE SEARCH FOR THE SELF | 64 |
THE SELF AND OTHER SELVES | 96 |
THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY | 121 |
THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS RELIGION | 139 |
CONCLUSION | 158 |
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