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Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian Platonist
Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self The Legacy of a Christian Platonist
Author: Phillip Cary
This book argues that Augustine invented or created the concept of self as an inner space--as space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. This concept of inwardness, says Cary, has worked its way deeply into the intellectual heritage of the West and many Western individuals have experienced themselves as inner selves. After sur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195132069
ISBN-10: 0195132068
Publication Date: 6/12/2000
Pages: 214
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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