TY - BOOK AU - Saarinen,Risto TI - Weakness of will in Renaissance and Reformation thought SN - 9780191729614 (ebook) : AV - BF611 U1 - 128.3 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Will KW - Philosophy KW - Change (Psychology) KW - Philosophy, Renaissance KW - Philosophy and religion KW - Reformation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The question of why people act against their better judgment has always been prominent in philosophy. Risto Saarinen presents the first study of ideas about weakness of the will between 1350 and 1650. He shows how the understanding of human conduct and free will changed in this formative period between medieval times and modernity UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199606818.001.0001 ER -