Elmar J Kremer, Michael J Latzer

The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The papers in this collection represent some of the best original work being done today on the theodicies of such early modern philosophers as Leibniz, Suarez, Spinoza, Malebranche, and Pierre Bayle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780802035523
• ISBN-10: 0802035523
• Artikelnr.: 21117582

Autorenporträt

Elmar J. Kremer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Suarez on God's Causal Involvement in Sinful Acts - Alfred J. Freddoso
2. Descartes's Theodicy of Error - Michael J. Latzer
3. Spinoza: A Radical Protestant? - Graeme Hunter
4. Spinoza in the Garden of Good and Evil - Steven M. Nadler
5. Malebranche on Disorder and Physical Evil: Manichaeism or Philosophical
Courage? - Denis Moreau
6. Bayle on the Moral Problem of Evil - D. Anthony Larivère and Thomas M.
Lennon
7. Leibniz and the 'Disciples of Saint Augustine' on the Fate of Infants Who
Die Unbaptized - Elmar J. Kremer
8. Leibniz and the Stoics: The Consolations of Theodicy - Donald Rutherford
9. Remarks on Leibniz's Treatment of the Problem of Evil - Robert C. Sleigh,
Jr.