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Chapter 1 - Free Will with and without Aristotle

from Part I - Free Will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2020

Tobias Hoffmann
Tobias Hoffmann
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The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Chapters 1–5 constitute Part I of the book, entitled “Free Will,” about the principal theories of free will from the 1220s–1320s and their background in Aristotle and earlier medieval thinkers. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the accounts of free will by Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Peter Lombard. Then it sketches the history of the reception of Aristotle’s action theory and offers an account of the principal Aristotelian doctrines that are relevant to later medieval theories of free will.

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AristotleAnselm of CanterburyBernard of ClairvauxPeter Lombard
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Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy , pp. 13 - 30
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Free Will with and without Aristotle
  • Tobias Hoffmann, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
  • Online publication: 26 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316652886.002
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  • Free Will with and without Aristotle
  • Tobias Hoffmann, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
  • Online publication: 26 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316652886.002
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  • Free Will with and without Aristotle
  • Tobias Hoffmann, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
  • Online publication: 26 November 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316652886.002
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