NECESSITY AND FREE WILL IN THE THOUGHT OF BARDAISAN OF EDESS / Tim Hegedus
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary Wilfrid Laurier University ABSTRACT : We examine here how the Syrian philosopher and theologian Bardaisan conciliates necessary fate and free will in man. Our study is based on an examination of the Book of the Laws of Countries, a dialogue on free will and astral fate, featuring Bardaisan, a few of his disciples and an opponent. ______________________ One of the earliest known figures of Syriac...
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