
HoP 380 - Take Your Choice - Erasmus vs Luther on Free Will
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Erasmus on Free Choice - A Review of Erasmus's on Free Choice
Erasmus reckoned that disputation over theological and philosophical questions was more likely to harm christian con ord than advance true religion. While erasmuss is emphatic that we do have morally significant freedom, he is elusive on the question of how grace relates to this freedom. He would later write that luther's main sources, paul and augustine, leave very little to free choice - i cannot perceive what there is left for free choice to do.
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