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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A Free Will' and 'Presentation of Self in Everyday Life'

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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 / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct

8044	Goffman sees the self as no more than a peg on which to hang roles we play [Goffman, by MacIntyre]

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

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

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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]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]

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]