I-hood

Ihood English Alternative forms en Ihood Etymology From en I hood, chiefly a en de Ichheit selfhood 1. Compare also nl ikheid individuality. Noun - I-hood The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality. en 1653 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Considerations upon Esaiah Stiefel Our Humane Will dyed away in the Death of Christ from its own I-hood, and own Willing. en 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks. The Man Christ is..the First who in the Anointing dyed to the Humane I-hood. en 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 2nd Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. He inclineth himself to my Minehood, and my Ihood inclineth it self up into him. en 1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) iii. He has no autarkia, or self-sufficingness—no ichheit, or I-hood, as the Germans would say. en 2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck The voice, as pure, lyric, unselfconscious I-hood spilling or erupting into the world, suddenly becomes part of that world and recoils upon its originator. en 2010 Cia Van Woezik God - Beyond Me Hence, in that respect Henrich's theory of more modest I-hood is definitely an improvement. I heartily support Henrich's attempts to bring the I 'down to earth' and to base a theory of I-hood on daily life's experiences. Synonyms en I-ness en I-ship