Freedom and responsibility in neoplatonist thought /

Ursula Coope presents a ground-breaking study of the philosophy of the Neoplatonists (3rd-5th century CE). She explores their understanding of freedom and responsibility: an entity is free to the extent that it is wholly in control of itself, self-determining, self-constituting, and self-knowing - w...

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Coope, Ursula
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Ursula Coope presents a ground-breaking study of the philosophy of the Neoplatonists (3rd-5th century CE). She explores their understanding of freedom and responsibility: an entity is free to the extent that it is wholly in control of itself, self-determining, self-constituting, and self-knowing - which only a non-bodily thing can be.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 288 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-186352-1
0-19-255828-5
Schlagworte:
Neoplatonism.
Liberty > Philosophy.
Responsibility > Philosophy.
Responsibility.
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