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Published by University of Toronto Press May 1987, 1987
ISBN 10: 0802066658ISBN 13: 9780802066657
Seller: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
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Paper Back. Condition: New. 'Man, know yourself.' The answer of the Delphic Apollo was taken up pervasively in the twelfth century by such writers as Peter Abelard, William of St. Thierry, Bernard of Clairvaux and others. Linking the Delphic quotation to Song of Songs 1:7 (''If you do not know yourself, go forth.'') medieval scholars and saints began to preach, investigate and recommend the discipline of self-discovery in devotion, ethics, and politics. In most archaeologies of the self as we understand it in contemporary Western culture, the digging stops with the thirteenth century renaissance--the Thomistic distinctions of reason and revelation; natural and supernatural; nature and grace. Morris pushes further and argues his case compellingly. 188 pp.