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A free will : origins of the notion in ancient thought / / edited by A.A. Long ; with a foreword by David Sedley



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Autore: Frede Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: A free will : origins of the notion in ancient thought / / edited by A.A. Long ; with a foreword by David Sedley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina: 123/.5093
Soggetto topico: Free will and determinism - History
Philosophy, Ancient
Altri autori: LongA. A  
Note generali: "An edited version of the six lectures Michael Frede delivered as the 84th Sather Professor of Classical Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Fall semester of 1997/98"--Pref.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Aristotle on Choice without a Will -- Chapter Three. The Emergence of a Notion of Will in Stoicism -- Chapter Four. Later Platonist and Peripatetic Contributions -- Chapter Five. The Emergence of a Notion of a Free Will in Stoicism -- chapter Six. Platonist and Peripatetic Criticisms and Responses -- Chapter Seven An Early Christian View on a Free Will: Origen -- Chapter Eight. Reactions to the Stoic Notion of a Free Will: Plotinus -- Chapter Nine. Augustine: A Radically New Notion of a Free Will ? -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctness of individual choice, and self-enslavement due to incorrect choice. Anchoring his discussion in Stoicism, Frede begins with Aristotle--who, he argues, had no notion of a free will--and ends with Augustine. Frede shows that Augustine, far from originating the idea (as is often claimed), derived most of his thinking about it from the Stoicism developed by Epictetus.
Titolo autorizzato: A free will  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27760-3
9786613277602
0-520-94837-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826250303321
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Serie: Sather classical lectures ; ; v. 68.