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Chapter 8 - Providence and Fate

from Part Two

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Gretchen Reydams-Schils
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University of Notre Dame, Indiana
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This chapter argues that Providence is one of the key themes of the commentary, and examines how Calcidius (1) harmonizes Providence and fate with human free will through a notion of hypothetical necessity; and (2) refutes determinist positions, among which the Stoic view.

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Providencefatefree willhypothetical necessityStoicismdeterminismcompatibilismCiceroNemesiusps.-PlutarchAlexander of AphrodisiasChrysippusCleanthes
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Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus
Greek Philosophy, Latin Reception, and Christian Contexts
 , pp. 99 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Providence and Fate
  • Gretchen Reydams-Schils, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Calcidius on Plato's <I>Timaeus</I>
  • Online publication: 18 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108354745.009
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  • Providence and Fate
  • Gretchen Reydams-Schils, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Calcidius on Plato's <I>Timaeus</I>
  • Online publication: 18 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108354745.009
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  • Providence and Fate
  • Gretchen Reydams-Schils, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Book: Calcidius on Plato's <I>Timaeus</I>
  • Online publication: 18 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108354745.009
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