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Epicurus on freedom
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ISBN: 9780521114912 9780521846967 052184696X 9780511482571 0511482574 9780511130595 0511130597 9786610434893 6610434891 0511129068 9780511129063 1280434899 9781280434891 1107152585 051118252X 0511200161 051130059X 0521114918 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In this 2005 book, Tim O'Keefe reconstructs the theory of freedom of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-271/0 BCE). Epicurus' theory has attracted much interest, but our attempts to understand it have been hampered by reading it anachronistically as the discovery of the modern problem of free will and determinism. O'Keefe argues that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action it has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations. His original and provocative book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in Hellenistic philosophy.

De La Mettrie's ghost : the story of decisions
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ISBN: 128128369X 9786611283698 0230549438 0230552218 1403994951 140399496X Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : Macmillan,

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This book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will.

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