HoP 229 - Do the Right Thing - Thirteenth Century Ethics
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Emergence of the Faculty of Will and Reconciliation of New Ideas in 13th Century Ethics
This chapter explores the concept of the faculty of will, its prominence in Augustine's writings, its neglect in Aristotle and Islamic philosophy, and the need for reconciliation in 13th century ethics with the translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics and the adaptation of Avicenna's idea of the soul.
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