The best of all possible worlds? : Leibniz's philosophical optimism and its critics 1710-1755 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Caro, Hernán D. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:	Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 322.
Subjects:	Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716. > Essais de théodicée. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716 > Influence. Optimism. Theodicy. Good and evil. Philosophy, Modern > 18th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Theodicy and Leibniz's philosophical optimism
Eternal truths, the choice of the best, and the almighty reality of sin : Budde and Knoerr's Doctrinae orthodoxae de origine mali (1712)
A Jesuit attacks : Louis-Bertrand Castel's review of the Theodicy in the Journal de Trévoux (1737)
Banning the best world, God's (supposed) freedom, and the principle of sufficient reason : Christian August Crusius's criticism of optimism (1745)
The prize-contest on optimism of the Prussian Academy of Sciences : Adolf Friedrich Reinhard's Examen de l'optimisme (1755)
Early counter-optimism : main arguments and the nature of the conflict
Conclusions.