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A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Paperback): Michael Frede

A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Paperback)

Michael Frede; Edited by A. A. Long; Foreword by David Sedley

Series: Sather Classical Lectures, 68

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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? 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.

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Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sather Classical Lectures, 68
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	2011
Authors:	Michael Frede
Editors:	A. A. Long
Foreword by:	David Sedley
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27266-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-27266-8
Barcode:	9780520272668