Leibniz’s Horrendous and Unthinkable World: A Critique of Leibniz’s ‘Best Possible World’ Theodicy

Heythrop Journal 63 (1):57-63 (2021)
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The Heythrop Journal, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 57-63, January 2022.

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Must God create the best?Robert Merrihew Adams - 1972 - Philosophical Review 81 (3):317-332.
Horrendous Evils and The Goodness of God.Marilyn McCord Adams & Stewart Sutherland - 1989 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 63 (1):297-323.
An Essay on Man.Alexander Pope & Arthur Pond - 1796 - Printed for John and Paul Knapton.

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