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Author William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349, author.

Title William of Ockham : questions on virtue, goodness, and the will / translated and edited by Eric W. Hagedorn
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 344 pages)
Contents Questions about created wills -- Questions about the divine will -- Questions about virtue and moral goodness -- Questions about charity, merit, and grace
Summary "William of Ockham (d. 1347) was among the most influential and the most notorious thinkers of the late Middle Ages. In the twenty-seven questions translated in this volume, most never before published in English, he considers a host of theological and philosophical issues, including the nature of virtue and vice, the relationship between the intellect and the will, the scope of human freedom, the possibility of God's creating a better world, the role of love and hatred in practical reasoning, whether God could command someone to do wrong, and more. In answering these questions, Ockham critically engages with the ethical thought of such predecessors as Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus. Students and scholars of both philosophy and historical theology will appreciate the accessible translations and ample explanatory notes on the text. Eric W. Hagedorn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Norbert College, Wisconsin. He has published a number of articles and book reviews on medieval philosophy of mind, language, and logic in journals including Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy and Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2021)
Subject Ethics -- Early works to 1800
Will -- Early works to 1800
God -- Will -- Early works to 1800
Virtue -- Early works to 1800
Philosophy, Medieval.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval.
Ethics
God -- Will
Philosophy, Medieval
Virtue
Will
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Hagedorn, Eric W., translator, editor.
LC no. 2021009392
ISBN 9781108670036
1108670032
Other Titles Works. Selections. English. 2021
Questions on virtue, moral goodness, and the will