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 individual reader's response. He shows the centrality of Augustine's philosophical method, his 'way in to the will', as opposed to the construction of a monolithic 'theory of will'. Harrison relates the argument of On Free Choice to other key texts of Augustine's, in particular the City of God and the Confessions, and rehabilitates a widely read but often misinterpreted book to show the importance of Augustine as a major philosopher.
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Harrison's detailed attention to the text Lib. Arb., and in particular, to 1.12.25, is reminiscent of Jane Austen's description of 'the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush'. The labour, however, is a rewarding one, demonstrating why for Augustine the reality of the human will is and remains undeniable, and showing us teh connectiions he drawsbetween the human will and our capacities to think and know. Edward Dowler The Journal of Theological Studies
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Simon Harrison was formerly a Research Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and is currently training in medicine.
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About two thirds of the way through the first book of de libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) Augustine, rather abruptly, asks his interlocutor, Evodius, the following question. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
undeniable will, libero arbitrio Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City of God, Against the Sceptics, New Academy New!
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About two thirds of the way through the first book of de libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) Augustine, rather abruptly, asks his interlocutor, Evodius, the following question. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
undeniable will, libero arbitrio Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
City of God, Against the Sceptics, New Academy New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Anti-Pelagian Writings [A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church - Volume V] (v. 5) by St. Augustine in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle on page 5, and Back Matter
- Free Will: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Thomas Pink on page 5, and Back Matter
- On Free Choice of the Will by Saint Augustine of Hippo in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized by John M. Rist in Back Matter
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