The modern self in Rousseau's Confessions

A reply to St Augustine

Hartle uses history to contribute to philosophical inquiry into the understanding of self, and to show in one striking instance the way in which the transition to modernity required the repudiation of characteristically Augustinian modes of thought, feeling and action.

Bibliographic Details
Author:Ann Hartle
Published: University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame (Indiana), 1983
Series:Revisions
Volume:4
Total Pages:XIII-186
ISBN:0-268-01357-8
Format:Book
Topic:- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance de soi. Le cogito] > [Le moi - subjectivité]
- Influence and Survival > Early Modern Period (1453-1789) > [Rouseau]
Status:Active
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Summary:Hartle uses history to contribute to philosophical inquiry into the understanding of self, and to show in one striking instance the way in which the transition to modernity required the repudiation of characteristically Augustinian modes of thought, feeling and action.

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