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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 Temeritas • βούλησις • Heroes • Seneca • Epibole • Stoicism • Historia naturalis • Prohairesis • Sponte • Choice • Virtus • Mens • Will • Heracles • Officium • Action • Odysseus • Desire • Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis) • Voluntas • Fate • Fortuna • Strength • Original sin • Events • Gods • Socrates • Velleitas • Augustine • Tragedy • Cicero • De ira • Passion • Audacia • Anger • Impulse • Power • Stoic psychology • Cynicism • Boulesis • Responsibility • Lucan • Masculinity • Uoluntas

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-583-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-584-1 | Number of pages 248 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 13, 2021 | Accepted Nov. 23, 2021 | Submitted April 26, 2021 | Language it, en, fr

Copyright © 2021 Elisabetta Cattanei, Stefano Maso. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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