Confessio Philosophi : Papers Concerning the Problem of Evil (The Yale Leibniz)

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm; Robert C. Sleigh Jr.

ISBN 10: 0300089589 / ISBN 13: 9780300089585

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005

Beschreibung

24 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. xli 178pp. Maroon cloth. Original test (Latin, French, or German) opposite English translations. End notes, index. A few faint marks to front cover.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 83578

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Confessio Philosophi : Papers Concerning the Problem of Evil (The Yale Leibniz)
• Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0300089589
• ISBN-13: 9780300089585
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Religion
  • Philosophy

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This volume contains papers that represent Leibniz’s early thoughts on the problem of evil, centering on a dialogue, the Confessio philosophi, in which he formulates a general account of God’s relation to sin and evil that becomes a fixture in his thinking.

How can God be understood to be the ultimate cause, asks Leibniz, without God being considered as the author of sin, a conclusion incompatible with God’s holiness?

Leibniz’s attempts to justify the way of God to humans lead him to deep discussion of related topics: the nature of free choice, the problems of necessitarianism and fatalism, the nature of divine justice and holiness. All but one of the writings presented here are available in English for the first time.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert C. Sleigh, Jr., is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a general editor of The Yale Leibniz series.