| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) |
| Series |
Sather classical lectures ; v. 68 |
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Sather classical lectures ; v. 68
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| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
"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"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Free will and determinism -- History
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Free Will & Determinism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Free will and determinism
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Philosophy, Ancient
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Long, A. A.
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| LC no. |
2010020858 |
| ISBN |
9780520948372 |
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0520948378 |
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1283277603 |
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9781283277600 |
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9786613277602 |
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6613277606 |
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