The Importance of the Will to the Cognitive Process in Augustine’s De trinitate

Dialogue 44 (2):331- (2005)
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ABSTRACT: The objective of this article is to show Augustine’s originality in ascribing a key role to will in the cognitive activity. For him, knowledge is influenced by both will and love, and cannot be grasped without will. Grounded primarily on De trinitate, the article focuses on three kinds of knowledge that shed light on his peculiar view on will: self-knowledge, knowledge of God, and the knowledge of bodies.RÉSUMÉ: L’objectif de cet article est de montrer que l’originalité d’Augustin est d’attribuer un rôle clé à la volonté dans l’activité cognitive. Pour lui, la connaissance est influencée tant par la volonté que par l’amour et ne peut être appréhenéee sans volonté. Se basant principalement sur De trinitate, cet article se concentre sur trois genres de connaissance qui mettent en lumière sa conception particulière de la volonté : la connaissance de soi, la connaissance de Dieu et la connaissance des corps

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Augustine's philosophy of mind.Gerard J. P. O'Daly - 1987 - Berkeley: University of California Press.
The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity.Albrecht Dihle - 1982 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 15 (1):87-88.

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