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Theodicy

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1710 · translated by E. M. Huggard

If God is good and all-powerful, why is there evil? Leibniz’s book-length answer, and the origin of "the best of all possible worlds".

188,703 words · 111 pages · about 14 h 18 min of reading

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