The concept of freedom : the Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian tradition / Wenyu Xie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Wenyu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism--History.

Free will and determinism.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 204 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Summary:

The Concept of Freedom identifies a tradition in western understanding of freedom and calls it the Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian tradition. Wenyu Xie examines the two principles in this tradition, the Platonic principle and the concept of redemption.

Contents:

Chapter I Defining Freedom 1

1 Freedom and Seeking Good: The Establishment of the Platonic Principle 2

2 Redemption: Driving to a New Understanding of Freedom 8

Chapter II Defining Freedom in Terms of Nature: Augustine's Struggle 19

1 The Nature of Free Will 20

2 Freedom is an Ability to Follow Nature 24

3 Freedom and Faith in Grace 30

Chapter III Luther's Concept: Freedom in Grace 45

1 A Christian Hermeneutic: On Authority in Interpretation 46

2 Freedom: in Terms of Good or in Terms of Evil? - Luther Confronted Erasmus 54

3 Faith Recognizes Grace: The Way to Be Free 63

4 A New Understanding of Conscience 70

Chapter VI Freedom and Human Conscience 85

1 Freedom in Descartes' Cogito 86

2 Distribution of Freedom: Locke and Rousseau 92

3 Freedom and Duty: Kant's Proposal 97

4 Freedom and Necessity: Hegel's Conception 105

Chapter V Freedom: Redemption and Possibility 119

1 Human Existence in Redemption: Schleiermacher 121

2 Necessity in Kierkegaard's Existential Analysis 128

3 The Concept of Eternal Possibility 135

4 Leap into Sins 143

5 Hold Fast to Possibility 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0761824049

0761824057

OCLC:

50417318