I-hood

alternative Ihood

1. uncountableThe state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.

   The Man Christ is..the First who in the Anointing dyed to the Humane I-hood.

   1662, J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme, Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks.

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   Our Humane Will dyed away in the Death of Christ from its own I-hood, and own Willing.

   1653, J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme, Considerations upon Esaiah Stiefel

   He inclineth himself to my Minehood, and my Ihood inclineth it self up into him.

   1662, J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme, 2nd Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks.

   He has no autarkia, or self-sufficingness—no ichheit, or I-hood, as the Germans would say.

   1871, H. Macmillan, True Vine (1872) iii.

   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.

   2000, S. Connor, Dumbstruck

   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.

   2010, Cia Van Woezik, God - Beyond Me

   Synonyms: I-ness, I-ship