Theodicy and Reason

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dc.identifier	ECF_book_66
dc.creator	Favaretti Camposampiero Matteo
dc.creator	Geretto Mattia
dc.creator	Perissinotto Luigi
dc.title	Theodicy and Reason. Logic, Metaphysics, and Theology in Leibniz’s Essais de Théodicée (1710)
dc.type	Review
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Leibniz’s Theodicy is both a work of reason and a work on reason: reason as rational ground or justification, reason as universal order of the world, and reason as the human cognitive faculty, always in search of reasons. This book explores the depth of theodicean doctrines from the logical, metaphysical, and theological points of view. The first section is devoted to Leibniz’s argumentative style and rhetorical devices. The second section focuses on the metaphysical structures that underlie Leibniz’s vindication of God’s goodness. The third section offers new insights into Leibniz’s answer to one of the most difficult challenges faced by human reason: the existence of evil.
dc.relation.ispartof	Philosophica
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/978-88-6969-083-9
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-06-30
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-084-6/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8933
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-8925
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-084-6
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-083-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Analysis of Language
dc.subject	Analysis of Language
dc.subject	Arbitrariness
dc.subject	Arbitrariness
dc.subject	Aristotelianism
dc.subject	Aristotelianism
dc.subject	Bayle
dc.subject	Bayle
dc.subject	Contingency
dc.subject	Contingency
dc.subject	Continuous Creation
dc.subject	Continuous Creation
dc.subject	Counterpoint
dc.subject	Counterpoint
dc.subject	Divine Choice
dc.subject	Divine Choice
dc.subject	Eternalism
dc.subject	Eternalism
dc.subject	Evil
dc.subject	Evil
dc.subject	Evil
dc.subject	Evil
dc.subject	Fables
dc.subject	Fables
dc.subject	Mathematical Similes
dc.subject	Mathematical Similes
dc.subject	Metaphor
dc.subject	Metaphor
dc.subject	Metaphors
dc.subject	Metaphors
dc.subject	Metaphysics of Time
dc.subject	Metaphysics of Time
dc.subject	Monadology
dc.subject	Monadology
dc.subject	Occasionalism
dc.subject	Occasionalism
dc.subject	Philosophical Discourse
dc.subject	Philosophical Discourse
dc.subject	Philosophy of Action
dc.subject	Philosophy of Action
dc.subject	Physical Influx
dc.subject	Physical Influx
dc.subject	Possible Worlds
dc.subject	Possible Worlds
dc.subject	Possible Worlds
dc.subject	Possible Worlds
dc.subject	Pre-established Harmony
dc.subject	Pre-established Harmony
dc.subject	Rational Theology
dc.subject	Rational Theology
dc.subject	Reason
dc.subject	Reason
dc.subject	Spotlight View
dc.subject	Spotlight View
dc.subject	Synderesis
dc.subject	Synderesis
dc.subject	Untainted Reason
dc.subject	Untainted Reason
dc.subject	Wolff
dc.subject	Wolff

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Theodicy and Reason

Logic, Metaphysics, and Theology in Leibniz’s Essais de Théodicée (1710)

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Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Mattia Geretto Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Luigi Perissinotto Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Leibniz’s Theodicy is both a work of reason and a work on reason: reason as rational ground or justification, reason as universal order of the world, and reason as the human cognitive faculty, always in search of reasons. This book explores the depth of theodicean doctrines from the logical, metaphysical, and theological points of view. The first section is devoted to Leibniz’s argumentative style and rhetorical devices. The second section focuses on the metaphysical structures that underlie Leibniz’s vindication of God’s goodness. The third section offers new insights into Leibniz’s answer to one of the most difficult challenges faced by human reason: the existence of evil.

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June 30, 2016

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978-88-6969-084-6

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978-88-6969-083-9

Keywords

Contingency • Mathematical Similes • Metaphysics of Time • Bayle • Rational Theology • Physical Influx • Philosophy of Action • Synderesis • Continuous Creation • Spotlight View • Counterpoint • Possible Worlds • Metaphors • Fables • Eternalism • Metaphor • Analysis of Language • Reason • Untainted Reason • Wolff • Pre-established Harmony • Monadology • Evil • Arbitrariness • Divine Choice • Philosophical Discourse • Aristotelianism • Occasionalism

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