GROUPS, CIVIL SOCIETY, THE STATE,AND SUPRANATIONAL FORMATIONS
We have already seen both that the individual is the cynosure of classical liberal theory, and that the nature and determinants of individuality are elusive and, given the limits of science, are likely to remain so. Indeed, poets like Walt Whitman and novelists like Henry James have artfully plumbed and explored this mystery of personality, and some theorists recognize this as among the most important justifications of liberal principles.