Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl: Der Ursprung DES Begriffes Der Besten Aller Moglichen Welten in Der Metaphysik Der Willensfreiheit Zwischen Antonio Perez ... (1599-1649) und G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716): 72 - Hardcover

Ramelow, T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004106413 ISBN 13: 9789004106413

Publisher: Brill, 1997

Synopsis

This study investigates the origins of the concept of "the best of all possible worlds". It exemplifies the character of modern metaphysics, which thinks mainly in terms of freedom and possibility. The book contains three parts. The first part tries to reconstruct this concept both historically and systematically; it deals with the concept of possibility beginning with High Scholasticism. The second part investigates the origins of this idea in the Jesuit theory of "scientia media", which is concerned with human freedom and divine foreknowledge. The third part deals with the question, whether there is any necessity to choose the best - a main theme in late scholastic thought of the 17th century.
This investigation of a concept unknown before the time of Leibniz, reveals many new sources and fills a gap in the history of ideas.

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About the Author

Tilman Ramelow, Dr.phil. (1995), University of Munich.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 9004106413
• ISBN 13: 9789004106413
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 512