Fate, Providence and Moral Responsibility in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought

Essays on key moments in the intellectual history of the West. This book forms a major contribution to the discussion on fate, providence and moral responsibility in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modern times. Through 37 original papers, renowned scholars from many different countries, as well as a number of young and promising researchers, write the history of the philosophical problems of freedom and determinism since its origins in pre-socratic philosophy up to the seventeenth century. The main focus points are classic Antiquity (Plato and Aristotle), the Neoplatonic synthesis of late Antiquity (Plotinus, Proclus, Simplicius), and thirteenth-century scholasticism (Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent). They do not only represent key moments in the intellectual history of the West, but are also the central figures and periods to which Carlos Steel, the dedicatary of this volume, has devoted his philosophical career. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Contributors: Lambros Couloubaritsis (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Pierre Destree (FNRS/Universite Catholique de Louvain), Sylvain Delcomminette (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), John Dudley (KU Leuven), Jorn Muller (Universitat Wurzburg), Frans De Haas (Leiden University), Keimpe Algra (Utrecht University), Jan Opsomer (KU Leuven), Luc Brisson (CNRS, UPR 76, Paris), Riccardo Chiaradonna (Universita di Roma Tre), Alessandro Linguiti (Universita di Siena), John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin), Bert van den Berg (Leiden University), Christoph Helmig (Universitat zu Koln), Antonio L.C. Vargas (Humboldt Universitat Berlin), Danielle A. Layne (Georgia Southern University), Alain Lernould (CNRS, Lille III), Geert Roskam (KU Leuven), Gary Gabor (Hamline University), Claudio Moreschini (Universita di Pisa), Caroline Mace (KU Leuven), Michele Trizio (Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Peter Van Deun (KU Leuven), Erika Gielen (KU Leuven), Daniel De Smet (CNRS, UMR 8584, Paris), Jules Janssens (KU Leuven), Richard Taylor (Marquette University), Wu Tianyue (Beijing University), Valerie Cordonier (CNRS, Laboratoire SPHERE, UMR 7217), Andreas Speer (Universitat zu Koln), Rudi Te Velde (Tilburg University), Pasquale Porro (Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Marialucrezia Leone (KU Leuven), Gordon Wilson (University of North Carolina, Asheville), Jean-Michel Counet (Universite Catholique de Louvain), Kent Emery, jr (University of Notre Dame), Demmy Verbeke (KU Leuven), Filips Defoort (KU Leuven), and Guy Guldentops (Thomas Institut, Koln)

Essays on key moments in the intellectual history of the West. This book forms a major contribution to the discussion on fate, providence and moral responsibility in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modern times. Through 37 original papers, renowned scholars from many different countries, as well as a number of young and promising researchers, write the history of the philosophical problems of freedom and determinism since its origins in pre-socratic philosophy up to the seventeenth century. The main focus points are classic Antiquity (Plato and Aristotle), the Neoplatonic synthesis of late Antiquity (Plotinus, Proclus, Simplicius), and thirteenth-century scholasticism (Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent). They do not only represent key moments in the intellectual history of the West, but are also the central figures and periods to which Carlos Steel, the dedicatary of this volume, has devoted his philosophical career. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Contributors: Lambros Couloubaritsis (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Pierre Destree (FNRS/Universite Catholique de Louvain), Sylvain Delcomminette (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), John Dudley (KU Leuven), Jorn Muller (Universitat Wurzburg), Frans De Haas (Leiden University), Keimpe Algra (Utrecht University), Jan Opsomer (KU Leuven), Luc Brisson (CNRS, UPR 76, Paris), Riccardo Chiaradonna (Universita di Roma Tre), Alessandro Linguiti (Universita di Siena), John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin), Bert van den Berg (Leiden University), Christoph Helmig (Universitat zu Koln), Antonio L.C. Vargas (Humboldt Universitat Berlin), Danielle A. Layne (Georgia Southern University), Alain Lernould (CNRS, Lille III), Geert Roskam (KU Leuven), Gary Gabor (Hamline University), Claudio Moreschini (Universita di Pisa), Caroline Mace (KU Leuven), Michele Trizio (Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Peter Van Deun (KU Leuven), Erika Gielen (KU Leuven), Daniel De Smet (CNRS, UMR 8584, Paris), Jules Janssens (KU Leuven), Richard Taylor (Marquette University), Wu Tianyue (Beijing University), Valerie Cordonier (CNRS, Laboratoire SPHERE, UMR 7217), Andreas Speer (Universitat zu Koln), Rudi Te Velde (Tilburg University), Pasquale Porro (Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro), Marialucrezia Leone (KU Leuven), Gordon Wilson (University of North Carolina, Asheville), Jean-Michel Counet (Universite Catholique de Louvain), Kent Emery, jr (University of Notre Dame), Demmy Verbeke (KU Leuven), Filips Defoort (KU Leuven), and Guy Guldentops (Thomas Institut, Koln)