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− | As [[vernacular|commonly used]], '''individual''' refers to a [[person]] or to any specific object in a collection. In the 15th century and earlier, and also today within the fields of [[statistics]] and [[metaphysics]], '''individual''' means "[[indivisible]]", typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meaning "a person". (q.v. "The problem of [[proper name]]s"). From the seventeenth century on, '''individual''' indicates separateness, as in [[individualism]]. (Abbs 1986, cited in Klein 2005, p.26-27)
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| + | An '''individual''' may refer to a [[person]] or to any specific object in a collection. In the 15th century and earlier, and also today within the fields of [[statistics]] and [[metaphysics]], '''individual''' means "[[indivisible]]", typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meaning "a person". (q.v. "The problem of [[proper name]]s"). From the seventeenth century on, '''individual''' indicates separateness, as in [[individualism]]. (Abbs 1986, cited in Klein 2005, p.26-27) |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the '''''Individual''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Individual '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==The individual as a force== | | ==The individual as a force== |
| The property that all individuals have in common is that the forces tend to change their [[World (philosophy)|world]] in order to obtain and maintain a specific state. | | The property that all individuals have in common is that the forces tend to change their [[World (philosophy)|world]] in order to obtain and maintain a specific state. |
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| == References == | | == References == |
| * Gracia, Jorge J. E. (1988). Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics. : State Univ of New York Pr. | | * Gracia, Jorge J. E. (1988). Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics. : State Univ of New York Pr. |
− | *Klein, Anne Carolyn (1995). ''Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self''. ISBN 0-8070-7306-7. | + | *Klein, Anne Carolyn (1995). ''Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self''. ISBN 0807073067. |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| * [[Consciousness]] | | * [[Consciousness]] |
− | * [[Cultural identity]] | + | * [[Cultural Formation]] |
− | * [[Person]] | + | * [[Personality|Person]] |
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| ==Recommended== | | ==Recommended== |
− | ''Myths of Modern Individualism'' by Ian Watt, ISBN 0521585643 published by Cambridge University Press | + | '''''Myths of Modern Individualism''''' by Ian Watt, ISBN 0521585643 published by Cambridge University Press |
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− | "In its way this is as original a work as Watt's famous first book, The Rise of the Novel. It is a work of great maturity, testimony to the intelligence and civility of its author." Frank Kermode | + | "In its way this is as original a work as Watt's famous first book, ''The Rise of the Novel'' (ISBN 0520230698). It is a work of great maturity, testimony to the intelligence and civility of its author." Frank Kermode |
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| "Ian Watt's [[magisterial]] Myths of Modern Individualism is a critical account--historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic--of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. Like all of Watt's work this is a remarkable work of the historical imagination, sympathetic without being fussy, erudite but always deft, analytic but very warm and witty. This is a book everyone should read." Edward Said | | "Ian Watt's [[magisterial]] Myths of Modern Individualism is a critical account--historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic--of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. Like all of Watt's work this is a remarkable work of the historical imagination, sympathetic without being fussy, erudite but always deft, analytic but very warm and witty. This is a book everyone should read." Edward Said |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
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