LEIBNIZ’S CONCEPTION OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL BY OKOJIE E. PETER epo4escriva@yahoo.com MAY 2013 INTRODUCTION For many centuries‚ philosophers have been discussing evil‚ how it exists in the world‚ and how this relates to God. The discussion on evil and its relations to us is not an easy one though. It is commonly called the problem of evil. The problem of evil in contemporary philosophy is generally regarded as an argument for atheism. The atheist contends that God and evil are incompatible‚ and given
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In his novel he explores many different themes and ideas‚ some of which stem from his greatest inspirations. Two of these philosophical ideas are Epicureanism and Dionysian nature. Epicureanism is a theoretical system founded by the philosopher‚ Epicurus (341-270 B.C.E.)‚ who held that happiness should be valued as life’s highest good and that the best way to achieve it is to live in the moment. According to Epicureanism you cease to be with your death‚ this is a thread of thought further developed
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the smallest things there but are made up of still smaller stuff. Also‚ atoms can be broken apart into smaller constituents. An early Greek who postulated the existence of atoms Democritus (460-357 BCE)‚ who said the matter is made of different kinds of invisible atoms existing in otherwise empty space. Democritus made no attempt to think of a way to determine whether atoms exist or not. Evidently‚ the idea of atoms just appealed to him philosophically. The idea that matter could be infinitely
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example‚ by this criterion‚ is meaningless. Nominalism; again concepts must be rooted in physical actuality. Words are mere reflections of things‚ semantics are dismissed. Scientific concepts are regarded as true reflections of the world instead. Atomism; attempts definition of discrete irreducible objects. An individual would by this criterion‚ be the smallest unit of society. The19th century utilitarian maxim ‘greater good for greater number’ placed special emphasis on this assumption. Scientific
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Theory Objective Goods Theory Theories of Right Action Utilitarian Deontological Feminist Virtue Theory Cases Protesting Unjust Government Aiding an impoverished community Torture Letter to Menoeceus By Epicurus (341-270 BC) Epicurus ‘Hedonism’ in popular culture http://www.hedonism.com/ Hedonism: Different kinds of desires. Just to be clear... “It is not an unbroken succession of drinking-bouts and of merrymaking‚ not sexual love‚ not the enjoyment of the
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Spiritism 5.33 Swedenborgianism 5.34 Taoism 5.35 Tenrikyo 5.36 Thelema 5.37 Unification Church 5.38 Yazidi 5.39 Zoroastrianism 6 Utilitarianism Hedonistic utilitarianism: Seeks to reduce suffering and increase pleasure or happiness Epicurus (341-270 BC) Greek “We count pleasure as the
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significant figures 4. Uncertainty 5. Density problems 6. Density Graphs interpretation 7. Dimensional Analysis 8. States of Matter 9. Classification of matter 10. Separation techniques 11. Structure of the atom a. historical development: Democritus; Aristotle; Dalton (postulates‚ law of definite proportions‚ law of multiple proportions‚ atomic model); J.J. Thompson (atomic model and electron discovery); Rutherford (atomic model and gold foil experiment); Bohr’s atomic model and origin of discontinuous
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----------------------- 1869‚ Dmitri Mendeleev • Used cards to arrange the elements and created the first periodic table. Late 1890s‚ Joseph John Thompson • Discovered electrons using cathode ray test tube experiments • “Plum pudding” model of atoms (1900)– negative electrons in a positive framework 1800‚ John Dalton‚ English chemist: • Proposed the atomic patterns‚ which account for the law of conservation of mass and the law of constant composition
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A Critical Analysis on the Problem of Evil (Theistic Approach) Thesis Statement: The problem of evil is inadequate to disprove the existence of God. The Problem of Evil coined by Epicurus states that: “Either God wants to eradicate evil‚ and cannot; or he can‚ but does not want to. If he wants to‚ but cannot‚ he is impotent. If he can but does not want to he is wicked. If God can eradicate evil‚ and He wants to do it‚ why is there evil in the world?” This problem has long bothered many theologians
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unhappiness‚ pain‚ and the privation of pleasure.«3 The fact that pleasure is the only good for Mill makes his Utilitarianism a form of Hedonism which is most associated with the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus who claims that »Pleasure is our first and kindred good.«4 The difference to Epicurus’ Hedonism‚ however‚ is
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