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The Freedom of the Will (Vol. 1-4) offers Edwards's rigorous compatibilist account: the will follows the strongest motive, and moral, not natural, necessity grounds responsibility. Defining terms with scholastic clarity, he rejects self-determining power and chance, and reconciles divine foreknowledge with accountability. Its exacting, scripture-laced prose situates the treatise within eighteenth-century Calvinist–Arminian debates and engages transatlantic interlocutors such as Daniel Whitby. Edwards, a New England divine shaped by the Great Awakening, wrote the work in Stockbridge after his Northampton dismissal. Amid pastoral and missionary labors, and conversant with Locke's psychology, he forged a metaphysics of inclination and habit to defend God's sovereignty without evacuating human responsibility. This four-volume presentation rewards close study by philosophers of action, theologians, and intellectual historians. Its conceptual precision and patient engagement with objections clarify live disputes over freedom, causation, and moral agency. Demanding yet lucid, it remains a landmark guide for readers seeking a systematic case for compatibilism. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
The Freedom of the Will (Vol. 1-4) offers Edwards's rigorous compatibilist account: the will follows the strongest motive, and moral, not natural, necessity grounds responsibility. Defining terms with scholastic clarity, he rejects self-determining power and chance, and reconciles divine foreknow...
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Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian. Like most of the Puritans, he held to the Reformed theology. Edwards is widely regarded as "one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians". Edwards' theological work is broad in scope, but he was rooted in Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage.
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian. Like most of the Puritans, he held to the Reformed theology. Edwards is widely regarded as "one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians". Edwards'...
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