Ideas of Michael Frede, by Theme

[German, 1940 - 2007, Professor at Princeton, and then at Oxford.]

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

23335

In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists

23326

In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / b. Early medieval philosophy

16137

Earlier views of Aristotle were dominated by 'Categories'

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

23249

The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

16157

Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked!

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

23334

For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis)

23337

The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos

23333

The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity

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

23336

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

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

23313

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