Full Idea
The modern concept of the will is often said to originate with Augustine.
Gist of Idea
Augustine created the modern concept of the will
Source
report of Augustine (works [c.415]) by Gareth B. Matthews - Augustine p.74
Book Reference
'Shorter Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Craig,Edward [Routledge 2005], p.74
A Reaction
I'm beginning to think that this is the source of the trouble. How can a thing be intrinsically free? Surely freedom is always a contextual concept?