New essays on Leibniz's Theodicy / edited by Larry M. Jorgensen and Samuel Newlands.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jorgensen, Larry M., editor.

Newlands, Samuel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Essais de théodicée.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Theodicy--17th century.

Theodicy.

Philosophical theology--17th century.

Philosophical theology.

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Prefacing the Theodicy / Christia Mercer

Which "reason"? Bayle on the intractability of evil / Kristen Irwin

Is Leibniz's theodicy a variation on a theme by Malebranche? / Nicholas Jolley

Justice and circumstances : theodicy as universal religion / Donald Rutherford

The theoretical foundations of the Leibnizian theodicy and its apologetic aim / Paul Rateau

Metaphysical evil revisited / Maria Rosa Antognazza

Moral evil and divine concurrence in the Theodicy / Tad M. Schmaltz

Vindicatio Dei : evil as a result of God's free choice of the best / Michael J. Murray

Leibniz's dilemma on predestination / Agustín Echavarría

Justice, happiness, and perfection in Leibniz's city of God / Robert Merrihew Adams

Monads and the Theodicy : reading Leibniz / Daniel Garber

Leibniz's Theodicy as a critique of Spinoza and Bayle

and blueprint for the philosophy wars of the 18th century / Jonathan Israel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.

Other Format:

Also issued onlein: New essays on Leibniz's theodicy.

ISBN:

0199660034

9780199660032

OCLC:

847725008

Publisher Number:

99959143008