Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics 3.5, 1113b7-8 and Free Choice

In R. Salles P. Destree, What is up to us? Studies on Causality and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy. Academia Verlag (2014)
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ABSTRACT: This is a short companion piece to my ‘Found in Translation – Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics III.5 1113b7-8 and its Reception’ in which I examine in close textual analysis the philosophical question whether these two lines from the Nicomachean Ethics provide any evidence that Aristotle discussed free choice – as is not infrequently assumed. The result is that they do not, and that the claim that they do tends to be based on a mistranslation of the Greek. (There is some inevitable overlap with Part 1 of the 'Found in Translation' paper.)

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reprint Bobzien, Susanne (2014) "Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics 1113b7-8 and free choice". In Destrée, P., Salles, R. & Zingano, M., What is Up to Us? Studies on Agency and Responsibility in ancient Philosophy., pp. : Academia Verlag (2014)

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