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    Stoics against stoics in Cudworth's "A Treatise of Freewill"

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    In his 'A Treatise of Freewill', Ralph Cudworth argues against Stoic determinism by drawing on what he takes to be other concepts found in Stoicism, notably the claim that some things are ‘up to us’ and that these things are the product of our choice. These concepts are central to the late Stoic Epictetus and it appears at first glance as if Cudworth is opposing late Stoic voluntarism against early Stoic determinism. This paper argues that in fact, despite his claim to be drawing on Stoic doctrine, Cudworth uses these terms with a meaning first articulated only later, by the Peripatetic commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias

    Remarques sur les traductions de textes philosophiques du grec en arabe

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    AprĂšs l’installation du Califat Ă  Bagdad, sous Al-MansĆ«r, vers 750, une intense activitĂ© culturelle se dĂ©veloppa, et conduisit bientĂŽt Ă  la volontĂ© de connaĂźtre les Ɠuvres contenues dans les Ă©crits laissĂ©s par les peuples conquis, et en particulier par ces anciens Grecs, ancĂȘtres des Byzantins, que les Arabes appellent RĆ«m. La langue arabe n’avait guĂšre vocation Ă  exprimer des concepts philosophiques. AprĂšs les premiĂšres traductions d’Ɠuvres de mathĂ©matiques, d’astronomie, de mĂ©decine, les tr..
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