Weakness of the will / Justin Gosling.

By:

Gosling, J. C. B. (Justin Cyril Bertrand)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Problems of philosophy (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203405234
9780203405239
058544918X
9780585449180
9780415034357
0415034353

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Weakness of the will.DDC classification:

128/.3 20

LOC classification:

BJ1461 .G67 1990eb

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Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Explanations and Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Protagoras; The Plausibility of Socrates; Aristotle; How Socratic is Aristotle?; The Stoics; Aquinas and Others; The Post-Medievals; What is the Problem?; Akrasia and Irrationality; Passionate Akrasia; Moral Weakness; Willing, Trying and Wanting; Varieties of Weakness; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Why do people sometimes deliberately take the worst course of action? This book examines the theories of weak will put forward by Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics. It also argues for a new approach to the problem of irrationality.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and indexes.

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Why do people sometimes deliberately take the worst course of action? This book examines the theories of weak will put forward by Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics. It also argues for a new approach to the problem of irrationality.

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