The Fall of Humanity.
Weakness of the Will and Moral Responsibility in the Later Augusine.
Akrasia (or, weakness of the will), often defined as “the moral state of agents who act against their better judgment”—a definition first given by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics, depicts one of the most human of predicaments.Risto Sarrinen, Weakness of the Will in Medieval Thought: From Augusti...
Author: | Ann A. Pang-White |
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Published: |
S.n.,
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2000
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Volume: | 9 |
Pages: | 51-67 |
Language: | English |
Periodical: | Medieval philosophy and theology |
Number: | 1 |
ISSN: | 1057-0608 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
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Status: | Active |