By Maria Rosa Antognazza
Throughout his lengthy highbrow existence, Leibniz penned his reflections on Christian theology, but this wealth of fabric hasn't ever been systematically accrued or studied. This ebook addresses an incredible and crucial element of those ignored materials—Leibniz’s writings on mysteries significant to Christian inspiration, the Trinity and the Incarnation.
From Antognazza’s learn emerges a portrait of a philosopher unusually receptive to conventional Christian theology and profoundly devoted to protecting the legitimacy of truths past the entire clutch of human cause. This view of Leibniz differs strikingly from conventional perceptions of the thinker as a “hard” rationalist and quasi-deist. Antognazza additionally units Leibniz’s writings within the context of the $64000 theological controversies of his day.
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