Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy

by Susanne Bobzien

Book Overview

Bobzien presents the definitive study of one of the most interesting intellectual legacies of the ancient Greeks: the Stoic theory of causal determinism. She explains what it was, how the Stoics justified it, and how it relates to their views on possibility, action, freedom, moral responsibility, and many other topics. She demonstrates the considerable philosophical richness and power that these ideas retain today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199247676
• ISBN13: 9780199247677
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary scholarship

Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy is truly remarkable scholarship, illuminating, philosophically inspiring and highly recommended. Bobzien traces the Stoic theory of causal determinism to its beginnings and discusses its connection with their views on freedom, action, and moral responsibility. The book is, however, more than a book on the history of philosophy; it is a book on philosophy and is, indeeed, philosophically rewarding. This book is highly recommended not just for those intereseted in Stoicism, Hellenistic philosophy or Ancient philosophy generally, but also for anyone interested in contemporary debates about determinism and questions about free will.