Agostino. Volere e potere

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dc.contributor.author	Pagani Paolo
dc.title	Agostino. Volere e potere
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This contribution reconstructs – with the necessary references to the Manichaean and Pelagian positions – the relationship between will and power in the Augustine’s thought. It focuses on the Book VIII of Confessions, extending to the previous (especially De duabus animabus, De libero arbitrio III) and following (especially De natura et Gratia, De Civitate Dei V and XIV, De Gratia et libero arbitrio) texts, in which the themes of this Book are developed. According to Augustine, the human will, when it is not gathered in itself, is not performing; but even when it is performing, it is unable to carry out what it proposes. This double impotence introduces the theme of original sin and opens up a perspective on the theme of velleitas.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Supplements
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis Ancient Philosophy
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-13
dc.dateAccepted	2021-11-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-04-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-584-1/agostino-volere-e-potere/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4/010
dc.identifier.issn	2210-8866
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-3362
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-584-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-583-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Augustine
dc.subject	Original sin
dc.subject	Power
dc.subject	Velleitas
dc.subject	Will

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Agostino. Volere e potere

Paolo Pagani Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italia

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This contribution reconstructs – with the necessary references to the Manichaean and Pelagian positions – the relationship between will and power in the Augustine’s thought. It focuses on the Book VIII of Confessions, extending to the previous (especially De duabus animabus, De libero arbitrio III) and following (especially De natura et Gratia, De Civitate Dei V and XIV, De Gratia et libero arbitrio) texts, in which the themes of this Book are developed. According to Augustine, the human will, when it is not gathered in itself, is not performing; but even when it is performing, it is unable to carry out what it proposes. This double impotence introduces the theme of original sin and opens up a perspective on the theme of velleitas.

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Nov. 23, 2021

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April 26, 2021

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Keywords: Original sin • Will • Velleitas • Power • Augustine

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