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La liberté
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ISBN: 2729897984 9782729897987 Year: 1997 Volume: *2 Publisher: Paris: Ellipses,

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La liberté est intelligible comme, d'ailleurs, la vérité. Ces deux notions sont sœurs contrairement aux apparences. Seul un être libre peut se proposer de dire vrai et de viser la vérité. Ni la liberté, ni la vérité ne sont des faits, mais il n'y a de faits que pour la liberté en vue de la vérité. Sans liberté rien ne saurait différencier l'homme d'une chose. Mais s'il n'y avait que la liberté (comme l'inconséquente pensée en imagine le fantasme) il n'y aurait pas du tout de liberté parce qu'il n'y aurait rien à faire et à penser. Le problème de la liberté n'est donc pas un problème philosophique comme les autres parce que la liberté constitue le fond de toute pensée.

Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl : der Ursprung des Begriffes der besten aller möglichen Welten in der Metaphysik der Willensfreiheit zwischen Antonio Perez S.J (1599-1649) und G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716)
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ISSN: 09208607 ISBN: 9004106413 9004247262 9789004106413 Year: 1997 Volume: 72 Publisher: Leiden: Brill,

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This study investigates the origins of the concept of 'the best of all possible worlds'. It exemplifies the character of modern metaphysics, which thinks mainly in terms of freedom and possibility. The book contains three parts. The first part tries to reconstruct this concept both historically and systematically; it deals with the concept of possibility beginning with High Scholasticism. The second part investigates the origins of this idea in the Jesuit theory of 'scientia media', which is concerned with human freedom and divine foreknowledge. The third part deals with the question, whether there is any necessity to choose the best - a main theme in late scholastic thought of the 17th century. This investigation of a concept unknown before the time of Leibniz, reveals many new sources and fills a gap in the history of ideas.

Playing God? Genetic determinism and human freedom.
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ISBN: 0415915228 041591521X Year: 1997 Publisher: New York Routledge

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In this book, Ted Peters explores the fallacies of the "gene myth" and presents a resounding array of arguments against this kind of all-encompassing genetic determinism. On the scientific side, he correctly points out that genetic influences on behavior are in most instances relatively modest. Does anyone deny that identical twins are still able to practice individual free will? After dispatching some of the sweepingly deterministic conclusions of the "science" of evolutionary psychology with a particularly effective set of rebuttals, Peters arrives at the conclusion that the nature of humanness is an interaction of three things- not one, not two, but three: genetics, environment, and free will. Neglecting any one of these three leads down a path of fuzzy thinking and dangerous consequences.

La doctrine platonicienne de la liberté
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ISBN: 2711613135 9782711613137 Year: 1997 Volume: 21 Publisher: Paris: Vrin,

St. Augustine's dilemma : grace and eternal law in the major works of Augustine of Hippo
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ISBN: 0820428434 Year: 1997 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Lang

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