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The Spirit of the Age in the Formulation of the Concept of Man in Modern Psychiatry

George Serban, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967;17(5):598-607.

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MAN, since his appearance into the world, projected his transient profile of being on a self-conceived cultural horizon, which in turn has become his historical background for a progressively deeper scientific and philosophic understanding of himself. In his quest for harmony with the universe he has constantly changed and rechanged his philosophical perspective and spiritual outlook according to the social historical moment of conflicting forces which required a new and meaningful approach to life.

A striking example of this change which marked a total reorientation of human understanding of himself was created by the replacement of the stoic concept of man with a Judeo-Christian one. From the absolute independence of stoic man, who relied on his powers of self-questioning and reasoning, to the medieval Christian man, who found his meaning in divine revelation and visions of God, the difference is dramatic. St. Augustine dethroned human reason and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From Bellevue Medical Center, New York University, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 14, 1967.

Read before the New York Academy of Science, New York Ontoanalytic Association, Oct 20, 1966, New York.

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