Cicero, On Fate - Carneades' Academic Skeptic Position - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Fate, which discusses problems and perspectives on determinism, causality, and freedom of the will. Specifically it examines his discussion of of the Academic Skeptic philosopher, Carneades' views on freedom and causal determinism. Carneades maintained that while all things are caused, the voluntary motions of the mind are not caused by external causes, but rather by the mind itself. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Cicero's On Fate - https://amzn.to/2ztUgtV