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All the ideas for 'works', 'A Free Will' and 'Good and Evil'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / e. Late classical philosophy

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In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M]

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In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M]

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The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M]

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For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

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The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]