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Théodore Jouffroy

French philosopher whose crisis of doubt is described.

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Also known as The French philosopher Jouffroy, Jouffroy, Th . Jouffroy

First appearance: lectures vi and vii the sick soul

Théodore Jouffroy shows up with force in Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Described a 'counter-conversion' away from religion, showing the process of unification in a non-religious context.
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