From Natural Disability to the Moral Man: Calvinism and the History of Psychology  

Oleh:

Goodey, C.F.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of the Human Sciences vol. 14 no. 3 (Aug. 2001), page 1–29.
Topik: Amyraut; Calvinism; disability; psychology; 17th century
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Some humanist theologians within the French Reformed Church in the 17th century developed the notion that a disability of the intellect could exist in nature independently of any moral defect, freeing its possessors from any obligations of natural law. Sharpened by disputes with the church leadership, this notion began to suggest a species-type classifi- cation that threatened to override the importance of the boundary between elect and reprobate in the doctrine of predestination. This classification seems to look forward to the natural history of mind that emerged later in the century.

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