Series | Lexis Supplements
Volume 5 | Edited book | Paradeigmata voluntatis
Paradeigmata voluntatis
At the Origin of the Modern Conception of Will
open access | peer reviewed-
edited by
- Elisabetta Cattanei - Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia - email
- Stefano Maso - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
Abstract
‘Will’ descends, etymologically, from voluntas. However, in the meaning of voluntas it is no longer possible to grasp the terminological plurivocity present in the Greek language. Consequently, the theory of action, which Aristotle and Greek thought in general had extensively dealt with, in the Roman context has adapted to a simplified conceptual framework. The essays collected here have allowed us to focus on a brand new articulated paradigm. Within it, we find a renewed concept of ‘will’: the voluntas that is explained in the modern interpretation of the ‘voluntary act’, and ‘voluntarism’ tout-court.
Keywords Original sin Officium Masculinity Audacia Temeritas Power Strength Tragedy Historia naturalis Odysseus Socrates Heracles Velleitas Heroes Fortuna De ira Virtus Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis) Lucan Voluntas Epibole Uoluntas Impulse Gods Passion Stoic psychology Choice Cicero Anger Action Mens Cynicism Augustine Desire Prohairesis Boulesis Will Stoicism βούλησις Fate Sponte Seneca Events Responsibility
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-584-1 | e-ISSN 978-88-6969-583-4 | Number of pages 248 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 13, 2021 | Accepted Nov. 23, 2021 | Submitted April 26, 2021 | Language en, fr, it
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