Metateoria historii woli. Rozważania o powstaniu i wczesnym rozwoju pojęcia woli od V wieku przed Chr. do Maksyma Wyznawcy
Metatheory of a History of Will: Reflections on the Origins and Early Development of the Notion of the Will from the 5th Century B.C. to Maximus the Confessor

Summary/Abstract: In the text, I discuss the metatheoretical aspects of a history of the origins and development of the notion of free will. I begin with the notion of a speculative concept. Since the will is a speculative concept there is no unequivocal definition of this notion. For this reason the study of the history of this notion is particularly difficult, since ancient authors have operated on different theories of willing and freedom, which were not always mutually compatible. Next, I discuss the theories of willing and action of select authors, that had a significant influence on the later development of the theory of the will. I discuss the notion of choice in Plato, the notions of wish and choice in Aristotle, the notion of assent in the Stoics, the theory of freedom of Epicurus, the theory of choice of Alexander of Aphrodisias, the concept of will in Augustine of Hippo, and the theory of will in Maximus the Confessor.

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