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Confessio Philosophi: Papers Concerning the Problem of Evil, 1671-1678 Hardcover - 2005

by G. W. Leibniz; Deidre M. Kelly; Foreword by Jeannie Oakes


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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.

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  • Title Confessio Philosophi: Papers Concerning the Problem of Evil, 1671-1678
  • Author G. W. Leibniz; Deidre M. Kelly; Foreword by Jeannie Oakes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 222
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-03-01
  • ISBN 9780300089585 / 0300089589
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.2 x 0.68 in (24.33 x 15.75 x 1.73 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Free will and determinism, God
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004063786
  • Dewey Decimal Code 214

About the author

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

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