Blindness: The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

Abstract

Introduction 1. Antiquity Attitudes of the Bible Classical Antiquity Causes of blindness Blindness and guilt The blind seer Ate 2. The Blind in the Early Christian World The healing of the blind Blindness and revelation the story of Paul A concluding observation 3. The Middle Ages The Antichrist Allegorical blindness The blind beggar The blind and his guide 4. The Renaissance and its Sequel The blind beggar Metaphocial blindness The revival of the blind seer Early secularization of the blind The blind beggar in the seventeenth century 5. The Disenchantment of Blindness: Diderot's Lettre sur les aveugles

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