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Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to »Non-free Free Will«

Kenneth M. Wilson

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Was Augustine of Hippos prior adherence to Stoic, Manichaean, and Neoplatonic philosophies instrumental in his change in theology about 412 CE as he fought the Pelagians? Kenneth M. Wilson applies the comprehensive methodology of reading systematically and chronologically through Augustines entire extant corpus demonstrating that Augustine revised numerous books several decades after writing them.

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Key concepts: Free will, Free world, Free enterprise, Free market, Free form, Computer science, Economics, Philosophy