Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man, and the Origin of Evil

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Overview

Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. Or more simply known as Theodicy, is a philosophical work by the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The work, first published in 1710, birthed the term "theodicy", and its optimistic approach to the problem of evil is thought to have inspired Voltaire's Candide, in a satirical manner. Most of the work consists of a response to the ideas of the French philosopher Pierre Bayle, with whom Leibniz carried on a debate for many years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781546518044
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/05/2017
Pages:	186
Sales rank:	656,009
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

	Editor's Introduction	7
	Preface	49
	Preliminary Dissertation on the Conformity of Faith with Reason	73
	Essays on the Justice of God and the Freedom of Man in the Origin of Evil, in Three Parts	123
	Appendices
	Summary of the Controversy, Reduced to Formal Arguments	377
	Excursus on Theodicy, [section] 392	389
	Reflexions on the Work That Mr. Hobbes Published in English on 'Freedom, Necessity and Chance'	393
	Observations on the Book Concerning 'the Origin of Evil', Published Recently in London	405
	Causa Dei Asserta	443
	Index	445