The Freedom of the Will

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book philosophical treatise theological treatise

The Freedom of the Will is an influential 18th-century theological and philosophical treatise by Jonathan Edwards that rigorously defends a compatibilist view of human freedom and divine sovereignty.

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Label	Occurrences
The Freedom of the Will canonical	2
Freedom of the Will	1
Part I: Concerning the Nature of the Will	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ
author	Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
centralConcept	determination of the will by strongest motive ⓘ moral necessity ⓘ natural necessity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Colonial America ⓘ
genre	Christian theology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
hasPart	The Freedom of the Will self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Part I: Concerning the Nature of the Will Part II: Concerning the Determination of the Will ⓘ Part III: Concerning Liberty and Necessity ⓘ A Display of Arminianism ⓘ surface form: Part IV: Of the Chief Grounds of the Arminians
historicalSignificance	classic text in Reformed theology ⓘ influential in later analytic discussions of free will ⓘ major work of early American philosophy ⓘ
influenced	Calvinism ⓘ surface form: American Calvinism New England theology ⓘ later debates on free will in Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Reformed scholasticism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	divine sovereignty ⓘ free will ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ
opposesView	Arminian concept of self-determining will ⓘ libertarian free will ⓘ
philosophicalPositionDefended	compatibilism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	causation ⓘ moral agency ⓘ necessity and contingency ⓘ
positionOnFreeWill	freedom is compatible with divine determinism ⓘ
positionOnHumanAbility	denies libertarian free will in the sense of power to the contrary ⓘ
publicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1754 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Reformed Christianity
theologicalTheme	God’s moral government ⓘ divine foreknowledge ⓘ original sin ⓘ predestination ⓘ regeneration ⓘ
viewOfGrace	emphasizes the necessity of divine grace for any good act ⓘ
viewOfWill	the will is determined by the strongest motive or inclination ⓘ

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Jonathan Edwards → notableWork → The Freedom of the Will ⓘ

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Freedom of the Will ⓘ

The Freedom of the Will → hasPart → The Freedom of the Will self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Part I: Concerning the Nature of the Will

The End for Which God Created the World → relatedWork → The Freedom of the Will ⓘ

this entity surface form: Freedom of the Will