{"product_id":"9780197266069-robert-grosseteste","title":"Robert Grosseteste: The Two Recensions of ‘On Free Decision’","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book contains new critical editions of the Latin texts of Robert Grosseteste's 13th century treatise on free will, \u003cem\u003eDe libero arbitrio\u003c\/em\u003e, with complete English translations. Included is a substantial study of the texts, their place in Grosseteste's body of works, doctrinal content, employment by later thinkers, and manuscript sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Grosseteste (c. 1168-1253), Bishop of Lincoln from 1235 to 1253, was one of the most prominent and remarkable figures in thirteenth-century English intellectual life. He made a powerful impression on his contemporaries and subsequent thinkers at Oxford, and has been hailed as an inspiration to scientific developments in fourteenth-century Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe libero arbitrio\u003c\/em\u003e, his influential treatise on free will, was written between about 1225 and the early 1230s. This new edition contains Latin texts and en-face English translations of the two versions of the treatise. An extensive introduction provides a thorough account of Grosseteste's treatise, the sources of the text and also its uses in later writers such as Richard Rufus of Cornwall and Richard Fishacre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest not only to specialists in medieval philosophy and theology, but also to the general reader interested in free will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55862370828662,"sku":"9780197266069","price":125.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35455957_38ccb0f9-f310-492e-8b89-d9d6c3fb282f.jpg?v=1753310297","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780197266069-robert-grosseteste","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}