Augustine's Way into the Will

The Theological and Philosophical Significance of De libero arbitrio

An original account of Augustine's theory of will, based on a close reading of his pivotal and fundamental text, the dialogue On Free Choice . Simon Harrison takes Augustine's philosophical arguments and literary form seriously and so reveals a way of thinking about the will that is grounded in the...

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Author:Simon Harrison
Published: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006
Series:Oxford Early Christian Studies
Language:English
Total Pages:XI, 191
ISBN:9780198269847
Format:Book
Topic:- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > V > voluntas
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > Will
- Works > De civitate Dei > civ. Dei X
- Doctrine > Man > [Liberté. Délectation victorieuse. Volonté] > [Libre arbitre] > [Libre arbitre]
- Doctrine > Man > [Liberté. Délectation victorieuse. Volonté] > Will > Will
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Exposés d'ensemble] > Knowledge
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Doute. Certitude] > [Doute/scepticisme] > [Doute méthodique]
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance de soi. Le cogito] > [Cogito/cogitatio]
- Influence and Survival > Early Modern Period (1453-1789) > [Descartes (René, 1596-1650)]
- Works > Dialogues / Early works > De libero arbitrio > Topics > Will
- Works > Dialogues / Early works > De libero arbitrio > lib. arb. 3 > lib. arb. 3, 5, 12
- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > F > Facilitas
- Works > De civitate Dei > Topics > [Doute]
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