Theodicy Essays: On the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and The Origin of Evil (Hardcover)

The theodicy essays of Gottfried Leibniz are considered landmark examples which treat the subject thoroughly and comprehensively with lengthy and incisive philosophical discussions. Theodicy is defined as the study of the question: "Why does evil occur in a world with a God who is good?" - Leibniz was far from being the only scholar and philosopher troubled by evil, which he viewed as a problem that required answering from a religious and philosophical perspective. Authoring his treatises i...