A Free Will: Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought

Author:   Michael Frede ,  A. A. Long ,  David Sedley
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   68
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 February 2011
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Author:   Michael Frede ,  A. A. Long ,  David Sedley
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   68
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520268487


ISBN 10:   0520268482
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Foreword 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 Index

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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. <br> 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 20111101


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Michael 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).

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