John Locke's 'punctual self' exemplifies the responsible human agent who, through his disengagement, gains a kind of control.
The 'punctual self' uses language to take pictures -- ghostly snapshots -- of external nature.
Remember Joan Scott's metaphor of visibility as literal transparency?
The romantics then use language for its expressive qualities. The punctual self looks within and expresses meaning without distortion.
. . . .and so here we have one of great paradoxes of modern philosophy!
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