Philosophical and religious origins of the private inner self

Zygon 46 (1):121-134 (2011)
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This article traces the historical origins of the modern concept of a private inner self., with precursors in Plato and Plotinus, its first full appearance in Augustine, its classic modern form in Locke, and its dissolution in postmodernism. The article elaborates the historical narrative given in my Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self (Oxford University Press, 2000).

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10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01153.x

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