In this study, Thomas Pfau argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. Pfau traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of human agenc…
Part I. Prolegomena -- part II. Rational appetite : an emergent conceptual tradition -- part III. Progressive amnesia : will and the crisis of reason -- part IV. Retrieving the human : Coleridge on will, person, and conscience.
In this brilliant study, Thomas Pfau argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. Pfau traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of h…
In this study, the author argues that the loss of foundational concepts in classical and medieval Aristotelian philosophy caused a fateful separation between reason and will in European thought. The author traces the evolution and eventual deterioration of key concepts of human …