A Study of the Problem of Evil in Leibniz's Thought

Journal of Philosophical Investigations at University of Tabriz 4 (216):105-129 (2010)
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Observing the flaws and defects in the world and the pains and sufferings that are drived from them, i.e., the existence of the evil in the world, have engaged the mind of everyone. People wish to know that what the origin of the evil is and how is it possible to reconcile them with a belief in a God, who is All-knowing, All-powerful, and Pure Good and His creation is the best possible creation. According to Hume, Leibniz by posing certain questions that since Epicure’s time have been asked and remained unanswered, tried to give a befitting reply. Accepting three kinds of evils, Leibniz tried to clarify them through different methods. In this paper, his responses have been classified in three parts and, then, have been treated. Though his responses are considered to be based on Saint Augustine’s view, the author, in this paper, proved that one of the responses and perhaps the deepest one is that of Leibniz’s himself and is based on his own metaphysics.

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