Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was an outstanding contributor to many fields of human knowledge. The historiography of philosophy has tagged him as a “rationalist”. But what does this exactly mean? Is he a “rationalist” in the same sense in Mathematics and Politics, in Physics and Jurisprudence, in Metaphysics and Theology, in Logic and Linguistics, in Technology and Medicine, in Epistemology and Ethics? What are the most significant features of his “rationalism”, whatever it is? In my essay, my aim is to show which model of rationality Leibniz uses in the Theodicy in order to capture the incommensurable nature and the absolute and individualizing inherence of evil.
Paroles entièrement destituées de sens”. Pathic reason in the Théodicée
G. SCARAFILE
2008-01-01
Abstract
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was an outstanding contributor to many fields of human knowledge. The historiography of philosophy has tagged him as a “rationalist”. But what does this exactly mean? Is he a “rationalist” in the same sense in Mathematics and Politics, in Physics and Jurisprudence, in Metaphysics and Theology, in Logic and Linguistics, in Technology and Medicine, in Epistemology and Ethics? What are the most significant features of his “rationalism”, whatever it is? In my essay, my aim is to show which model of rationality Leibniz uses in the Theodicy in order to capture the incommensurable nature and the absolute and individualizing inherence of evil.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
