Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Stephen Mumford, Charles Parsons and Gottfried Leibniz
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
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Prayers are useful, because God foresaw them in his great plan [Leibniz]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
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Immortality without memory is useless [Leibniz]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
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The soul is indestructible and always self-aware [Leibniz]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / c. Animal Souls
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Animals have souls, but lack consciousness [Leibniz]
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Animals have thought and sensation, and indestructible immaterial souls [Leibniz]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
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Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]
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God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]
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How can an all-good, wise and powerful being allow evil, sin and apparent injustice? [Leibniz]
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Being confident of God's goodness, we disregard the apparent local evils in the visible world [Leibniz]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
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God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz]
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Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]
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