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Determinism and Freewill
J. . Ed(S): O'Higgins
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Higgins, J. Series: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees Minor. Num Pages: 131 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 450.
The Philosophical Inquiry concerning Human Liberty of Anthony Collins' was considered by Joseph Priestley and Voltaire to be the best book written on freewill up to their own time. Priestley admitted that it convert ed him to determinism and it had a powerful effect on Voltaire in the same direction. It seems important to place in its wider historical context a book which so influenced such men and which greatly impressed the philosophes in general. Therefore - and because such an account has value in itself - the Introduction contains a survey of the freewill controversy from the time of ... Read more
The Philosophical Inquiry concerning Human Liberty of Anthony Collins' was considered by Joseph Priestley and Voltaire to be the best book written on freewill up to their own time. Priestley admitted that it convert ed him to determinism and it had a powerful effect on Voltaire in the same direction. It seems important to place in its wider historical context a book which so influenced such men and which greatly impressed the philosophes in general. Therefore - and because such an account has value in itself - the Introduction contains a survey of the freewill controversy from the time of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
Series
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees Minor
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024717767
SKU
V9789024717767
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99-15
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