The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self: An Intellectual History of Personal Identity

401 Pages·2006·4.72 MB·English

by  John Barresi, Raymond Martin

T he Rise and Fall of Soul and Self
T he Rise and Fall
of Soul and Self
A n Intellectual History of Personal Identity
R AYMOND MARTIN AND JOHN BARRESI
C olumbia University Press New York
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L ibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
M artin, Raymond, 1941–
The rise and fall of soul and self : an intellectual history of personal
identity /Raymond Martin and John Barresi.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–231–13744–3 (hardcover: alk. Paper)—ISBN 0–231–51067–5
(electronic: alk. paper)
1. Self (Philosophy) 2. Self-knowledge, Theory of. 3. Identity
(Philosophical concept) I. Barresi, John, 1941– II. Title.
BD438.5 M375 2006
126.09–dc22 2005032273
C olumbia University Press books are printed on permanent
and durable acid-free paper.
P rinted in the United States of America
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T o
D orothy Wang
a nd
J olien Barresi
CONTENTS
i ntroduction 1
i From Myth to Science 9
i i Individualism and Subjectivity 29
i ii People of the Book 39
i v Resurrected Self 55
v The Stream Divides 75
v i Aristotelian Synthesis 93
v ii Care of the Soul 109
v iii Mechanization of Nature 123
i x Naturalizing the Soul 142
x Philosophy of Spirit 171
x i Science of Human Nature 201
x ii Before the Fall 229
x iii Paradise Lost 255
x iv Everything That Happened and What it Means 290
n otes 307
r eferences 347
i ndex of names 363
subject index 373
T he Rise and Fall of Soul and Self