Open AccessLa división y el conflicto interior de la voluntad humana, y su resolución en el amor, según Agustín de Hipona / Inner Division and Conflict of Human Will, and its Resolution in Love, according to Augustine of Hippo
Author(s) -
Javier García Valiño Abós
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista española de filosofía medieval/revista española de filosofía medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2530-7878
pISSN - 1133-0902
DOI - 10.21071/refime.v20i.6001
Subject(s) - humanities , ambivalence , philosophy , doctrine , theology , psychology , psychoanalysis
The Augustine’s doctrine on human will is proposed as an original contribution. His conception of will as act (motus animi) and power of the soul (vis animi) is explained. The main question is the inner division or breaking of the will (duality, ambivalent will), and the conflict between the two wills. Finally and shortly, we examine love (dilectio, caritas) as the Augustine’s «solution» (?) to this problem: the resolution of the inner conflict of the will through his transformation in love.