Re: definitions of individualism

From: joe dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Jan 26 1999 - 15:52:17 MST


At Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:48:15 -0700, you wrote:
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>Here's my definition, for what it's worth:
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> Individualism is the idea that the individual is ontologically primary and
>exists in her own right and for her own sake; as opposed to the view that
>individuals are properly subordinate in some sense to the society in which
>they take part.
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>Dick
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Sounds more like autonomy to me.
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Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher

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