A Systematic Reading of De libertate arbitrii

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Tsevreni, M. (2014). A Systematic Reading of De libertate arbitrii: The Ideas of Freedom and the Will of Saint Anselm, (2), 61-78. Retrieved from https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=19591
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Title

A Systematic Reading of De libertate arbitrii

Subtitle

The Ideas of Freedom and the Will of Saint Anselm

Author

Magdalini, Tsevreni

Journal

Иницијал. Часопис за средњовековне студије

Volume
Issue

2

Start page

61

End page

78

ISSN

2334-8003

ISBN
DOI
URL

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=19591

Date

2014-2020/03/13/10:50:07

Abstract

The idea of freedom and the will in the influential and important work of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) is being examined in this paper. Anselm discusses free will in a dialogue (De libertate arbitrii) that is the second part of a trilogy that he instructs us to consider as a whole. To understand the ideas of freedom and the will the texts are systematically being analyzed, with particular emphasis on the concepts of rectitude, truth, freedom and the will, the way that free will is given to the rational nature and how human beings are solely responsible for the perseverance of their freedom and will. As the texts are being read, some of the modern dimensions of the concepts under consideration will be simultaneously encountered.

Keywords

Anselm, freedom, freedom of choice, medieval philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, will