Thanks, Bill. It's precisely because of Peter that I ask this, because I'm
trying to determine just how Augustinian Peter was on this matter, as well
as on consent, as well as Anselm of Laon and William of St. Thierry, who
seems to follow Anselm on consent. The sense I get--though I may be
wrong--is that Anselm and his followers went farther than Augustine on
consent, regarding sin to begin at suggestion rather than at consent
itself.
Regarding Peter and intention, William of St. Thierry also said some
"Abelardian" things about intention in his own Romans commentary, though he
never went so far as to say that actions were irrelevant or that the only
thing that counted was intention.
Thanks also to Mark and Dennis. I'll track down your references
immediately.
Steve Cartwright
Bill East wrote:
> --- Steven Cartwright <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear
> list-members,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a study of Augustine's teaching on intention? He
> > said a fair amount on consent to sin, but as far as I can tell,
> > little
> > about the intention with which one performs an action as a means for
> > judging the action as good or evil.
> >
> > Also, assuming that he taught something comprehensive about
> > intention,
> > how influential was it on succeeding generations?
>
> Don't know; but the person who did most to introduce the notion of
> intention as a means for judging the action as good or evil, was
> Abelard. See D.E. Luscombe, "Abelard's Ethics." A major influence on
> Abelard would be Stoic philosophy. See also Luscombe's article on
> Abelard in Dronke, "A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy."
>
> Oriens.
>
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