Talk:De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio

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Inline citations[edit]

The article lacks inline citations. Thanks, —Paleo Neonate – 13:59, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

I re-wrote the history section, which had a lot of long-standing notes calling for citations. Rick Jelliffe (talk) 20:07, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I renamed the section to Background. I added a section on terminology with links and gists : monergism versus synergism etc. (maybe some other heading would be clearer?) This frames the differences better than a simplistic opposition of free will versus no-free will, which would miss the essense of Erasmus' argument: I think it is necessary/useful to assume that ordinary readers are not specialists. Rick Jelliffe (talk) 10:09, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Contents[edit]

The description of the argument of the book seem quite incomplete or narrow. For example, it should mention Erasmus' child-with-apple analogy. And it should treat Erasmus' prefatory/grounding discussion against assertions in general. Rick Jelliffe (talk) 20:07, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have added subsection on Erasmus' child-with-apple analogy.

I weakened the uncited assertion about what the argument boiled down to. I think the material there is rather too abstracted from what Erasmus wrote.

I think the Contents section is still quite incomplete (and so giving the wrong impression) as it does not have any material on Erasmus' methodological arguments (on authority, scriptural clarity, assertions, his "secret inclination of nature" etc) that justify his tentative argumentation.

Aftermath[edit]

I added a paragraph on the adoption of synergism at Trent, and the contemporary Joint Declaration, which are probably the two biggest news stories on synergism, and help show the importance of Erasmus' position/book.