Walter M. Miller, Jr.: Leibowitzille kirjoitettu ylistyslaulu ; kääntyi uskoon toisen maailmansodan kokemustensa jälkeen ; myöhemmin luopui uskostaan
xxx/ellauri473.html on line 258: Howard was an uneducated idiot and his success was due more to luck than skill. A sensitive boy, he was apparently bullied by his schoolmates. Howard's heroes were consequently wish-projections of himself. The problem of evil (inexpertly dabbled at by Leibniz) is solved by an impossibly omnipotent hero. Stephen King described his disapproval of the sword and sorcery genre, and superheroes: "At his best, Howard was the Thomas Wolfe of fantasy." Conan the Barbarian, his best, created from whole cloth, with a nod to Natty Bumppo and Tarzan of the Apes, most closely represents the kind of person Howard, fat home-bound, mother-worshipping, suspicious of big cities, would in his dreams most like to be. By the spring of 1936, he was enjoying an all-time high in sales. His greatest success occurred in his death.
xxx/ellauri473.html on line 263: Leibniz' Theodizee argumentiert, dass unsere Welt die "beste aller möglichen Welten" ist, erschaffen von einem allgütigen, allmächtigen Gott, der das Übel zulässt, um ein größeres Gute zu erreichen. Er vertritt die Auffassung, dass die Existenz des Übels notwendig für den freien Willen ist und dass jede Form von Übel letztlich einem Zweck im großen Design des Universums dient.
xxx/ellauri473.html on line 267: Leibniz argues that some evil is necessary for the greater good, contributing to the overall harmony of the universe. Leibniz emphasizes that humans cannot fully comprehend the reasons behind God's choices. What may seem like unnecessary suffering could lead to greater goods that are beyond human understanding. Leibniz seeks to reconcile faith with reason, suggesting that philosophical truths should not contradict theological beliefs. He maintains that God’s actions, while sometimes inscrutable, are ultimately just and good. Sama paskaa lappaa Voltairekin, vaikka on deterministi: kaikki paha on hyvisten testausta, pahisten rangaistusta, kunnollisten palkkiota tai muuten hyvin etukäteen suunniteltua.
xxx/ellauri474.html on line 406: The main evidence of Bayle’s atheism, according to Memento Mori (n.h.) is his obsession with the problem of evil throughout his life, and in particular his contention that there is no system of Christian thought that can resolve this problem. Upon Bayle’s death, G.W. Leibniz wrote: “he has departed from us, and such a loss is no small one, a writer whose learning and acumen few have equalled” .
xxx/ellauri474.html on line 408: The Preface to Leibniz' Theodizee makes clear that it was Bayle who motivated Leibniz to write the only book he ever saw fit to publish. Leibniz sought mainly to refute Bayle in that work, but he too failed abysmally. Bayle’s six-million word Historical and Critical Dictionary (1697; 1702) was so often cited in the eighteenth century that the Jew Ernst Cassirer called it the “Arsenal of the Enlightenment”.
xxx/ellauri474.html on line 412: Karl Marx claimed that Bayle basically refuted Spinoza and Leibniz. Richard Popkin (n.h.)1 called Bayle a “superskeptic”. Voltaire sanoi "Yritän samaa" ja kirjoitti filosofian sanakirjan. Ressenti comme un sommet de hardiesse impudente par ses détracteurs, le Dictionnaire philosophique a donné lieu à des débats passionnés. Cette étude est place sous le signe du dialog lehetetlen entre Voltaire et les apologes chrétiens: liberté de penser ou ordre olemassa, loi naturelle ou vérité révélée, magistère philosophique ou autorité de l'Église. En affirmant le droit du relatif face aux absolus, en rejetant la dominamination des "tyrans des âmes", Voltaire s'efforce de promouvoir la "révolution dans les esprits" qu'il appelle de ses voeux.
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