Title

Early Genealogy of the Concept of Will: Freedom, Rationality, and Action in Hellenistic and Early Christianity Philosophy

Author (Your Name)

Caleb Mason, Colby College

Date of Award

Spring 1995

Document Type

Senior Scholars Paper (Colby Access Only)

Department

Colby College. Philosophy Dept.

Advisor(s)

Cohen, Daniel H.

Abstract

This study investigates the origins of the medieval philosophical concept of the will, in the context of the transformation of the Hellenistic intellectual world during its absorption into the Christianized Latin West. An interpretation of the changing content of certain philosophical texts between Aristotle and Augustine is offered, with emphasis on the inversion of the general Hellenistic philosophical worldview, and of metaphilosophical conceptions of man and his place in the world of nature and gods.

Keywords

will, freedom, rationality, action, Hellenistic philosophy, Christianity philosophy

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