This volume contains papers that represent Leibniz's early
thoughts on the problem of evil, centering on a dialogue, the
Confessio philosophi, in which he formulates a general account of
God's relation to sin and evil that becomes a fixture in his
thinking.
How can God be understood to be the ultimate cause, asks
Leibniz, without God being considered as the author of sin, a
conclusion incompatible with God's holiness?
Leibniz's attempts to justify the way of God to humans lead him
to deep discussion of related topics: the nature of free choice,
the problems of necessitarianism and fatalism, the nature of divine
justice and holiness. All but one of the writings presented here
are available in English for the first time.
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