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OverviewWhere 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Frede , A. A. Long , David SedleyPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 68 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780520272668ISBN 10: 0520272668 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 December 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword Editor's Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Aristotle on Choice without a Will Chapter 3. The Emergence of a Notion of Will in Stoicism Chapter 4. Later Platonist and Peripatetic Contributions Chapter 5. The Emergence of a Notion of a Free Will in Stoicism Chapter 6. Platonist and Peripatetic Criticisms and Responses Chapter 7. An Early Christian View on a Free Will: Origen Chapter 8. Reactions to the Stoic Notion of a Free Will: Plotinus Chapter 9. Augustine: A Radically New Notion of a Free Will? Chapter 10. Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography IndexReviews.. .One can only feel awe before the breadth of [Frede's] learning and the depth of his insight. --Charles Kahn Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie (01/01/2013) In this posthumously published volume, comprising lectures delivered in Berkeley in fall 1997, Frede reflects on the concept of a free will in ancient thought. Summing Up: Highly recommended. --J Bussanich Choice (11/01/2011) .. .One can only feel awe before the breadth of [Frede's] learning and the depth of his insight. --Charles Kahn Archiv f r Geschichte der Philosophie (01/01/2013) In this posthumously published volume, comprising lectures delivered in Berkeley in fall 1997, Frede reflects on the concept of a free will in ancient thought. Summing Up: Highly recommended. --J Bussanich Choice (11/01/2011) In this posthumously published volume, comprising lectures delivered in Berkeley in fall 1997, Frede reflects on the concept of a free will in ancient thought. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -- J Bussanich * Choice * ...One can only feel awe before the breadth of [Frede's] learning and the depth of his insight. -- Charles Kahn * Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie * Author InformationMichael Frede, who died in 2007, held positions successively in the departments of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, and Oxford University, where he held the Chair of the History of Philosophy. In 1997-1998, he was Sather Professor of Classical Literature at UC Berkeley, where he delivered the lectures that make up this volume. A. A. Long is Professor of Classics, Irving Stone Professor of Literature, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life and From Epicurus to Epictetus: Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy. David Sedley is Lawrence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and the author of Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity (UC Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |