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The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz's Philosophical Optimism and Its Critics 1710-1755
Hernán D. Caro
出版BRILL, 2020-09-25
主題Philosophy / History & Surveys / ModernHistory / GeneralPhilosophy / History & Surveys / GeneralPhilosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyHistory / Social History
ISBN90044407639789004440760
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ofT_DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The reign of philosophical optimism, or the doctrine of the ‘best of all possible worlds’ in modern European philosophy began in 1710 with the publication of Leibniz’s Theodicy, about God’s goodness and wisdom, divine and human freedom, and the meaning of evil. It ended on November 1, 1755 with the Lisbon Earthquake, which was followed by numerous attacks against optimism, starting with Voltaire’s Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne and Candide. The years between both events were intense. In this book, Hernán D. Caro offers the first comprehensive survey of the criticisms of optimism before the infamous earthquake, a time when the foundations of what has been called the ‘debacle of the perfect world’ were first laid.