Weakness of the will / / Justin Gosling
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| Autore: |
Gosling J. C. B (Justin Cyril Bertrand)
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| Titolo: |
Weakness of the will / / Justin Gosling
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1990 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Will - History |
| Ethics - History | |
| Self-control - Moral and ethical aspects - History | |
| Will | |
| Ethics | |
| Self-control - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Explanations and Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Protagoras; The Plausibility of Socrates; Aristotle; How Socratic is Aristotle?; The Stoics; Aquinas and Others; The Post-Medievals; What is the Problem?; Akrasia and Irrationality; Passionate Akrasia; Moral Weakness; Willing, Trying and Wanting; Varieties of Weakness; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Why do people sometimes deliberately take the worst course of action? This book examines the theories of weak will put forward by Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics. It also argues for a new approach to the problem of irrationality. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Weakness of the will |
| ISBN: | 1-134-96680-6 |
| 1-134-96681-4 | |
| 0-585-44918-X | |
| 1-280-06948-1 | |
| 0-203-40523-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910971368803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Problems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))