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Excerpt from Pessimism: A History and a Criticism
Characteristics of reasoned forms - Varieties according to the subject matter - According to the arguments employed - Modes of getting rid of the evil of the world - Historical review: The theology of the Hebrews - Indian philosophy~ - Greek religious thought - Early Greek speculation - The Sceptics - The Ethicists - Metaphysics of Plato, Aristotle, &c. - The Alexandrine philosophy - The Christian doctrine of life - The Fathers - Free-will and predestination - The Schoolmen Giordano Bruno - Spinoza - Theodicy of Leibnitz - English writers of the eighteenth century: optimism in the theological disputes - Shaftesbury and Pope - The Ethical Optimists Hartley, Tucker, Smith, &c.
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Characteristics of reasoned forms - Varieties according to the subject matter - According to the arguments employed - Modes of getting rid of the evil of the world - Historical review: The theology of the Hebrews - Indian philosophy~ - Greek religious thought - Early Greek speculation - The Sceptics - The Ethicists - Metaphysics of Plato, Aristotle, &c. - The Alexandrine philosophy - The Christian doctrine of life - The Fathers - Free-will and predestination - The Schoolmen Giordano Bruno - Spinoza - Theodicy of Leibnitz - English writers of the eighteenth century: optimism in the theological disputes - Shaftesbury and Pope - The Ethical Optimists Hartley, Tucker, Smith, &c.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Author
James Sully
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ISBN - 9780265226780
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 504
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James Sully
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ISBN - 9781330858578
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Page Count - 506
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