The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz's Philosophical Optimism and Its Critics 1710-1755

The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz's Philosophical Optimism and Its Critics 1710-1755
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Download or read book The Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz's Philosophical Optimism and Its Critics 1710-1755 written by Hernán D. Caro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of the criticisms of Leibniz's philosophical optimism in the first half of the eighteenth century, when what has been called the ‘debacle of the perfect world’ first began.


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