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  • 31 There are some actions again which we call arbitrary, because their issue depends on an 'arbitrium' or order of the judge.

    The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891

  • Erasmus rushed to provide an immediate response to Luther's slanderous accusations, deciding that his new work, Hyperaspistes diatribae adversus Servum arbitrium Martini Lutheri (A Defensive Shield Against the “Unfree Will” of Martin Luther), would have to be written in two parts so that at least some of his rebuttal would circulate on the European book market simultaneously with Luther's book.

    Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

  • Difficulties arise with respect to the notion of "arbitrium."

    Philip the Chancellor McCluskey, Colleen 2007

  • I still think they chose that formula for its susceptibility to be manipulated ad arbitrium and so they could back their campaign with something that seems to be a “scientific approach”.

    Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

  • The phrase "liberum arbitrium" itself contributes to the uncertainty.

    Philip the Chancellor McCluskey, Colleen 2007

  • Although it is obvious from Lombard's formulation that both intellect and will have something to do with liberum arbitrium, their exact relationship is unclear.

    Philip the Chancellor McCluskey, Colleen 2007

  • Sentence prolonged, changed, ad arbitrium judicis, still the same case, [341] one thrust out of his inheritance, another falsely put in by favour, false forged deeds or wills.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In medieval theories of action in the early part of the thirteenth century, "liberum arbitrium" is a technical term.

    Philip the Chancellor McCluskey, Colleen 2007

  • Rom. similes a. bacculorum calculis, secundum computantis arbitrium, modo aerei sunt, modo aurei; ad nutum regis nunc beati sunt nunc miseri.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Accordingly, it is natural to connect liberum arbitrium with both intellect and will.

    Philip the Chancellor McCluskey, Colleen 2007

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