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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Aristotle
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Aristotle and Augustine both hold that our beliefs in freedom and voluntary action are interdependent, and that voluntary actions can only be done for the sake of good. Hence Aristotle holds that no-one acts voluntarily in pursuit of evil: such actions would be inexplicable. Augustine, agreeing that such actions are inexplicable, still insists that they occur. This is the true place in Augustine's view of his 'theory of will' - and the real point of contrast between Aristotle and Augustine.
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TIMOTHY CHAPPELL
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aristotle and Augustine on Freedom
Book Subtitle: Two Theories of Freedom, Voluntary Action and Akrasia
Authors: T. D. J. Chappell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379510
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62537-8Published: 13 March 1995
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37951-0Published: 13 March 1995
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 214
Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Classical Philosophy