Theodicy

Essays on
the Goodness of God
the Freedom of Man and
the Origin of Evil

G.W. LEIBNIZ

Edited with an Introduction by Austin Farrer, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford

Translated by E.M. Huggard from C.J. Gerhardt's Edition of the Collected Philosophical Works, 1875-90

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This edition first published 1951 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, London.

Second printing 1988

Third printing 1990

Fourth printing 1993

Fifth printing 1996

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Theodicy: essays on the goodness of God, the

freedom of man, and the origin of evil.

Translation of: Essais de Théodicée.

Includes index.

1. Theodicy—Early works to 1800. I. Title.

B2590.E5 1985 231'.8 85-8833

ISBN O-87548-437-9

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CONTENTS



EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION page 7
PREFACE 49
PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON THE CONFORMITY OF FAITH WITH REASON 73
ESSAYS ON THE JUSTICE OF GOD AND THE FREEDOM OF MAN IN THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, IN THREE PARTS 123, 182, 276
APPENDICES
SUMMARY OF THE CONTROVERSY, REDUCED TO FORMAL ARGUMENTS 377
EXCURSUS ON THEODICY, § 392 389
REFLEXIONS ON THE WORK THAT MR. HOBBES PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH ON 'FREEDOM, NECESSITY AND CHANCE' 393
OBSERVATIONS ON THE BOOK CONCERNING 'THE ORIGIN OF EVIL', PUB
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