Theodicy by Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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"Theodicy" by Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is a philosophical work published in 1710. Leibniz confronts Pierre Bayle's arguments that no rational explanation exists for why God permits evil. He proposes that an infinitely perfect God must have created "the best of all possible worlds," with the greatest balance of good over evil. Distinguishing between moral, physical, and metaphysical evil, Leibniz defends divine goodness, justice, and freedom while reconciling human free will
with God's foreknowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Farrer, Austin, 1904-1968 |
| Translator | Huggard, E. M. |
| Title |
Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odic%C3%A9e |
| Credits |
Produced by John Hagerson, Juliet Sutherland, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BT: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Doctrinal theology, God, Christology |
| Subject | Theism |
| Subject | Theodicy |
| Subject | Free will and determinism |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17147 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-17147-0 |
| Release Date | Nov 24, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 13, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3115 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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