The Problem of Weak Will on the Basis of Leo Tolstoy’s Short Story Father Sergius

Abstract The author analyses the problem of weak will in Leo Tolstoy’s story Father Sergius . She ponders why protagonist, a man with such heightened awareness good and evil, at some point his life chooses evil. places ( akrasia ) first into context various iterations determinism subsequently considerations raised by Socrates Aristotle. As their answers are not fully applicable to titular character, she looks for an explanation Saint Augustine’s philosophy free will.