Paradeigmata voluntatis

‘Will’ descends, etymologically, from voluntas. However, in the meaning of voluntasit is no longer possible to grasp the terminological plurivocity present in the Greek language. Consequently, the theory of action, which Aristotle and Greek thought in general had extensively dealt with, in the Roman...

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description ‘Will’ descends, etymologically, from voluntas. However, in the meaning of voluntasit is no longer possible to grasp the terminological plurivocity present in the Greek language. Consequently, the theory of action, which Aristotle and Greek thought in general had extensively dealt with, in the Roman context has adapted to a simplified conceptual framework. The essays collected here have allowed us to focus on a brand new articulated paradigm. Within it, we find a renewed concept of ‘will’: the voluntas that is explained in the modern interpretation of the ‘voluntary act’, and ‘voluntarism’ tout-court.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1772392026-06-06T05:38:35Z Paradeigmata voluntatis Action Anger Audacia Augustine Boulesis Choice Cicero Cynicism De ira Desire Epibole Events Fate Fortuna Gods Heracles Heroes Historia naturalis Impulse Lucan Masculinity Mens Odysseus Officium Original sin Passion Power Prohairesis Responsibility Seneca Socrates Sponte Stoicism Stoic psychology Strength Temeritas Tragedy Uoluntas Velleitas Virtus Voluntas Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis) Will βούλησις thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology ‘Will’ descends, etymologically, from voluntas. However, in the meaning of voluntasit is no longer possible to grasp the terminological plurivocity present in the Greek language. Consequently, the theory of action, which Aristotle and Greek thought in general had extensively dealt with, in the Roman context has adapted to a simplified conceptual framework. The essays collected here have allowed us to focus on a brand new articulated paradigm. Within it, we find a renewed concept of ‘will’: the voluntas that is explained in the modern interpretation of the ‘voluntary act’, and ‘voluntarism’ tout-court. 2026-06-06T05:38:33Z 2026-06-06T05:38:33Z 2026-06-05T15:12:52Z 2021 book 2724-3362 https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-584-1/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114014 9788869695834 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177239 ita Lexis Supplements open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114014/4/0ded79cc-103e-48ff-a642-1f5f09ea9a4d.pdf Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4 10.30687/978-88-6969-583-4 9788869695834 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 248 Venice, Italy open access
spellingShingle Action
Anger
Audacia
Augustine
Boulesis
Choice
Cicero
Cynicism
De ira
Desire
Epibole
Events
Fate
Fortuna
Gods
Heracles
Heroes
Historia naturalis
Impulse
Lucan
Masculinity
Mens
Odysseus
Officium
Original sin
Passion
Power
Prohairesis
Responsibility
Seneca
Socrates
Sponte
Stoicism
Stoic psychology
Strength
Temeritas
Tragedy
Uoluntas
Velleitas
Virtus
Voluntas
Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis)
Will
βούλησις
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
Paradeigmata voluntatis
title Paradeigmata voluntatis
title_full Paradeigmata voluntatis
title_fullStr Paradeigmata voluntatis
title_full_unstemmed Paradeigmata voluntatis
title_short Paradeigmata voluntatis
title_sort paradeigmata voluntatis
topic Action
Anger
Audacia
Augustine
Boulesis
Choice
Cicero
Cynicism
De ira
Desire
Epibole
Events
Fate
Fortuna
Gods
Heracles
Heroes
Historia naturalis
Impulse
Lucan
Masculinity
Mens
Odysseus
Officium
Original sin
Passion
Power
Prohairesis
Responsibility
Seneca
Socrates
Sponte
Stoicism
Stoic psychology
Strength
Temeritas
Tragedy
Uoluntas
Velleitas
Virtus
Voluntas
Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis)
Will
βούλησις
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
topic_facet Action
Anger
Audacia
Augustine
Boulesis
Choice
Cicero
Cynicism
De ira
Desire
Epibole
Events
Fate
Fortuna
Gods
Heracles
Heroes
Historia naturalis
Impulse
Lucan
Masculinity
Mens
Odysseus
Officium
Original sin
Passion
Power
Prohairesis
Responsibility
Seneca
Socrates
Sponte
Stoicism
Stoic psychology
Strength
Temeritas
Tragedy
Uoluntas
Velleitas
Virtus
Voluntas
Weakness of assent (asthenês sunkatathesis)
Will
βούλησις
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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