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'works (fragments)', 'The Theodicy' and 'Letter to Mersenne'
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God must be intelligible, to select the actual world from the possibilities [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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God prefers men to lions, but might not exterminate lions to save one man [Leibniz]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If justice is arbitrary, or fixed but not observed, or not human justice, this undermines God [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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Rational is better than non-rational; the cosmos is supreme, so it is rational [Zeno of Citium]
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God is the first reason of things; our experiences are contingent, and contain no necessity [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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The laws of physics are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being [Leibniz]
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If tuneful flutes grew on olive trees, you would assume the olive had some knowledge of the flute [Zeno of Citium]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 2. Pantheism
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The cosmos and heavens are the substance of god [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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