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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Summary: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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