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Augustine's Way into the Will: The Theological and
Philosophical Significance of De libero arbitrio by
Simon Harrison, former
Research Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge
About this book
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| Augustine's
dialogue De libero arbitrio (On Free Choice) is, with his
Confessions and |
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City of God , one of his
most important and widely read works. It contains one of the |
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accounts of the concept of 'free will' in the
history of philosophy. Composed |
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during a key period in Augustine's early
career, between his conversion to Christianity |
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and his ordination as a bishop, it has
often been viewed as a an incoherent mixture of his |
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'early' and 'late' thinking. Simon
Harrison offers an original account of Augustine's theory
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of will, taking seriously both the
philosophical arguments and literary form of the text. |
| Relating De
libero arbitrio to other key texts of Augustine's,
in particular the City of God |
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and the Confessions , Harrison shows that
Augustine approaches the problem of free |
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will as a problem of knowledge: how do I
know that I am free?, and that Augustine uses |
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the
dialogue form to instantiate his 'way into the will'. |
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1. Introduction |
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2. Dissecting `de libero arbitrio' |
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3. The integrity of lib.arb. |
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4. Approaching the will |
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5. Understanding, knowledge, and reponsibility |
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6. Facilitas, difficultas, and voluntas |
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7. A cogito-like argument? |
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8. Conclusion |
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