ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the problem raised in the passage in Book III of St. Augustine’s treatiseOn Free Will. Augustus' proposed solution, proceeds as follows: Granted that a man necessarily wills to sin, it does not follow that his will is not in his power, that he does not freely will to sin. He has not made good his claim that, even though a man necessarily wills to sin, his willing or choosing to sin is voluntary or free. If this is so, it follows that Augustine has not succeeded in showing that premiss is not true, and, therefore, has not succeeded in solving Evodius’ problem of how God’s foreknowledge is compatible with the freedom of the will.
