Leibniz's Short Proof of Classical Theism
In a single paragraph near the beginning of the Theodicy, Leibniz gives a very compressed version of an argument a contingentia mundi (from the contingency of the world) from which he purports to derive not just the existence of God, but several of the most important traditional divine attributes (from which, Leibniz seems to think, the other divine attributes follow). In this post, I'll try to unpack Leibniz's reasoning. I'm not going to do too much evaluation of the arguments, since this post will be long enough without that; I'll just lay out the arguments as I see them and...
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Topic(s):
Cosmological Argument
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Divine Attributes
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Existence of God
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G. W. Leibniz
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Historical Thinkers
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Omnipotence
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Perfect Goodness
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Perfect Wisdom
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Philosophical Theology
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Philosophy
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Philosophy of Religion
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