عنوان

<The> best of all possible worlds

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9780374229986 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

0374229988 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Number

88-1641

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Other Title Information

: a story of philosophers, God, and evil

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Steven Nadler.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 300 p.

Dimensions

; 24 cm.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-285) and index.

Text of Note

"In the spring of 1672, the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris on a furtive diplomatic mission. That project was quickly abandoned, but Leibniz remained in Paris with a specific goal: to get the most he could out of the city's intellectual and cultural riches. He benefited, above all, from his friendships with France's two greatest philosopher-theologians of the period, Antoine Arnauld and Nicolas Malebranche, The dialogue among these three men would prove of great consequence not only for Leibniz's own philosophy but also for the development of modern philosophical and religious thought." "Despite their wildly different views and personalities, the three philosophers shared a single, passionate concern: resolving the problem of evil. Why is it that, in a world created by an all-powerful, all-wise, and infinitely just God, there is sin and suffering? Why do bad things happen to good people, and good things to bad people? In pursuing answers to this puzzle, Leibniz and his French colleagues relied on very different ideas of what God is and how He acts. Which is more important, they asked, God's wisdom or His power? And what does the answer suggest about the path to well-being in this world and to salvation in the next?" "This is the story of a clash between radically different worldviews. But it is also a very personal story. At its heart is the dramatic - and often turbulent - relationship between three brilliant and resolute individuals. Their exchanges were informed by mutual respect but were also full of insults, expressions of anger and hurt feelings, and the occasional apology. What emerged from their conversations was nothing less than a critical foundation for modern Western philosophical approaches to ancient problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.

Malebranche, Nicolas,1638-1715.

Arnauld, Antoine,1612-1694.

Philosophy, Modern17th century.

Good and evil.

God.

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Book number

Nadler, Steven M.,1958-

Date of Transaction

20090923160451.0

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129675

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