Une volonté sous condition ? Un commentaire d’Epictète, Entretiens 1.12.7-19

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dc.title	Une volonté sous condition ? Un commentaire d’Epictète, Entretiens 1.12.7-19
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dc.description.abstract	Through a commentary on a text by Epictetus (Diat. 1.12.7-19), I would like to study the Greek (and Stoic) concepts that allow us to speak and think about the freedom of a will that is grappling with the thought (and reality) of fate. My thesis could be expressed as follows: even if destiny gives a framework to the will and to actions, and to the conditions of these, the will is still configured by a prior, almost prejudicial choice, a first choice which is also the choice of oneself. This is witnessed by the prohairesis in Epictetus, which is in each person the instance of this choice, an instance to the completion of which all apprentice philosophers work: this is their project – to become free by discovering the freedom of this faculty of choice. Therefore, if he cannot change the context of the will, the framework of his action, every apprentice philosopher is called upon, in contrast, to modify 1) his internal disposition towards events; 2) the consequences of his actions.
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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
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dc.subject	Choice
dc.subject	Epibole
dc.subject	Events
dc.subject	Fate
dc.subject	Prohairesis

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Une volonté sous condition ? Un commentaire d’Epictète, Entretiens 1.12.7-19

Valéry Laurand Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France

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Through a commentary on a text by Epictetus (Diat. 1.12.7-19), I would like to study the Greek (and Stoic) concepts that allow us to speak and think about the freedom of a will that is grappling with the thought (and reality) of fate. My thesis could be expressed as follows: even if destiny gives a framework to the will and to actions, and to the conditions of these, the will is still configured by a prior, almost prejudicial choice, a first choice which is also the choice of oneself. This is witnessed by the prohairesis in Epictetus, which is in each person the instance of this choice, an instance to the completion of which all apprentice philosophers work: this is their project – to become free by discovering the freedom of this faculty of choice. Therefore, if he cannot change the context of the will, the framework of his action, every apprentice philosopher is called upon, in contrast, to modify 1) his internal disposition towards events; 2) the consequences of his actions.

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Epibole • Choice • Fate • Events • Prohairesis

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