Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

The 13 contributions of this collective offer new and challenging ways of reading well-known and more neglected texts on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness o

Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and intense for the past two decades. Standard s

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 wea

In thirteen original essays, eminent scholars of the history of philosophy and of contemporary philosophy examine weakness of will, or incontinence--the phenome

Provides the first full study of Aristotle's notion of evil and sheds light on its content, potential, and influence.