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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457092403321

Titolo

Weakness of will from Plato to the present [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tobias Hoffmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8132-1850-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; ; v. 49

Altri autori (Persone)

HoffmannTobias <1967->

Disciplina

128/.3

Soggetti

Free will and determinism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Tobias Hoffmann, Introduction""; ""1. Kenneth Dorter, Weakness and Will in Plato�s Republic""; ""2. Terence H. Irwin, Aristotle Reads the Protagoras""; ""3. Lloyd P. Gerson, Plotinus on Weakness of the Will: The Neoplatonic Synthesis""; ""4. James Wetzel, Body Double: Saint Augustine and the Sexualized Will""; ""5. Denis J. M. Bradley, Thomas Aquinas on Weakness of the Will""; ""6. Tobias Hoffmann, Henry of Ghent�s Voluntarist Account of Weakness of Will""; ""7. Giuseppe Mazzotta, Dante: Healing the Wounded Will""

""8. Ann Hartle, Montaigne�s Marvelous Weakness""""9. John C. McCarthy, Descartes�s Feeble Spirits""; ""10. Thomas E. Hill Jr., Kant on Weakness of Will""; ""11. Tracy B. Strong, Nietzsche, the Will to Power, and the Weak Wil""; ""12. Alfred R. Mele, A Libertarian View of Akratic Action""; ""13. Alasdair MacIntyre, Conflicts of Desire""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index of Names""