Free Will Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought

Name: Free Will Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought
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ISBN: 9780520272668

ISBN-10: 0520272668

ISBN-13: 9780520272668

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Frede, A. A. Long, David Sedley

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Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? Here, the author provides a radical new account of the history of this idea.

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Foreword


Editor's Preface



Introduction



Aristotle on Choice without a Will



The Emergence of a Notion of Will in Stoicism



Later Platonist and Peripatetic Contributions



The Emergence of a Notion of a Free Will in Stoicism



Platonist and Peripatetic Criticisms and Responses



An Early Christian View on a Free Will: Origen



Reactions to the Stoic Notion of a Free Will: Plotinus



Augustine: A Radically New Notion of a Free Will?



Conclusion


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index