{"title":"Aristoteles im Spiegel antiker Biographien","authors":"H. Flashar","doi":"10.1075/BPJAM.00020.FLA","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/BPJAM.00020.FLA","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000There is much ancient material about the biographical tradition concerning Aristotle. The analysis in this article\u0000is limited to two very different, but representive Vitae, the Vita of Diogenes Laertius and the\u0000so called Vita Marciana. Both Vitae are also representatives of a certain sight on\u0000Aristotle.","PeriodicalId":165187,"journal":{"name":"Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130047004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I Want to Break Free","authors":"Evelina Miteva","doi":"10.1075/BPJAM.00021.MIT","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/BPJAM.00021.MIT","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Albertus Magnus is known for his rational approach to explaining various phenomena; a method that would be acquired and\u0000 applied by his pupil Thomas Aquinas as well. In this paper, I focus on the concept of freedom, i. e., on the question of what it is that\u0000 constitutes the freedom of free will in the account of Albert the Great. I investigate this question from the perspective of natural\u0000 philosophy, a field that Albert was particularly interested in. In the first part of the paper, I study Albert’s definition of free will and\u0000 its implications as they are tackled in De homine, De anima, and Ethica. Albert regards free will as a\u0000 capacity of the rational soul, capable of choosing from opposites. Albert confronts the definitions of free will presented by Augustine,\u0000 Bernard of Clairvaux, and Anselm of Canterbury, and in each of these cases he advances his argument from the perspective of psychology. In\u0000 the second part of the paper, I identify the topics in which the general definition of free will is applied in a naturalistic context. Those\u0000 are the debates on fate and free will, on the question whether animals have free will and, finally, on natural circumstances such as age or\u0000 gender, limiting the freedom of free will. Subsequently, I aim at expounding Albert’s balanced, yet not tension-free position in the debate\u0000 between determinism and free action. Although several extensive studies on fate in Albert have been produced, the problem of free choice in\u0000 Albert’s works remains surprisingly understudied. The present paper intends to open a path for further research and debates on this relevant\u0000 topic.","PeriodicalId":165187,"journal":{"name":"Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130296984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Christina Kreuzwieser, Der Begriff ‚natura‘ und seine ethische Relevanz in Senecas\u0000 Prosaschriften","authors":"Stefan Röttig","doi":"10.1075/BPJAM.00032.ROT","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/BPJAM.00032.ROT","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews Der Begriff ‚natura‘ und seine ethische Relevanz in Senecas Prosaschriften € 50978-3-8471-0500-8","PeriodicalId":165187,"journal":{"name":"Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125671184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}