| Description |
1 online resource (x, 175 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; chapter 1 What sort of an incompatibilist is Epicurus?; chapter 2 Lucretius on the swerve and voluntas; chapter 3 Aristotle and Epicurus on the origins of character and action; chapter 4 Epicurus' reductionist response to Democritean fatalism; chapter 5 The swerve and collisions; chapter 6 The swerve and fate; Epilogue: Epicurus and the invention of libertarian free will; Appendix: Some texts; References; Index |
| Summary |
Tim O'Keefe reconstructs Epicurus' theory of freedom, arguing that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action it has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-173) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Epicurus -- Ethics
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| SUBJECT |
Epicurus fast |
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Free will and determinism.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Free Will & Determinism.
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Ethics
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Free will and determinism
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Philosophy, Ancient
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511482571 |
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0511482574 |
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9780511130595 |
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0511130597 |
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9786610434893 |
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6610434891 |
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