This paper aspires to search out the meaning of the term ‘natural' in
Maximus the Confessor's use of the concept of ‘natural will', seeking
to show that there is a sense in which we can refer to this kind of will
as ecstatic. There also exists a concept of ecstatic will in
Augustine's thought. However, these two concepts do not appear to be
identical, nor do the respective notions of ecstasis that they
presuppose seem to bear resemblance to each other. This essay will also
try to decipher the necessary emergence of the concept of the
unconscious in context with these two apparently different conceptions
of the will. Are these two concepts of the unconscious complimentary?
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