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Freedom and responsibility in neoplatonist thought /

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Ursula Coope presents a ground-breaking study of the philosophy of the Neoplatonists (3rd-5th century CE). She explores their understanding of freedom and responsibility: an entity is free to the extent that it is wholly in control of itself, self-determining, self-constituting, and self-knowing - w...

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Main Author: Coope, Ursula (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Neoplatonism.
Liberty > Philosophy.
Responsibility > Philosophy.
Responsibility.
Néo-platonisme.
Liberté > Philosophie.
Responsabilité.
Neo-Platonism.
History & Surveys.
PHILOSOPHY.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Liberty > Philosophy
Neoplatonism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Ursula Coope presents a ground-breaking study of the philosophy of the Neoplatonists (3rd-5th century CE). She explores their understanding of freedom and responsibility: an entity is free to the extent that it is wholly in control of itself, self-determining, self-constituting, and self-knowing - which only a non-bodily thing can be.
Physical Description:1 online resource (301 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780192558282
0192558285
9780191863523
0191863521