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self-inclosed

  • a word derived from inclose.
    inclose
    verb (used with object)

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Urizen the creator, the god of restraints and prohibitions, becomes self-inclosed and divides himself from Eternity and the Eternals.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge

History, once a self-inclosed school discipline, has undergone an intellectual expansion which takes into account all the aspects of life which influence it, making geographical, economic, and biographical materials its aids.

From The Teaching of History by E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell

It has its roots in the notion that the consciousness of each person is wholly private, a self-inclosed continent, intrinsically independent of the ideas, wishes, purposes of everybody else.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey

In other words, it made explicit the consequences inhering in any doctrine which makes mental life a self-inclosed thing, instead of an attempt to redirect and readapt common concerns.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey

The bare terms "useful labor" and "leisure" confirm the statement already made that the segregation and conflict of values are not self-inclosed, but reflect a division within social life.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey