Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002.Description: xii, 358 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0691096082 (cloth : alk. paper)
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- BJ1401 .N45 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: FIRE FROM HEAVEN -- God's Advocates: Leibniz and Pope -- Newton of the Mind: Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Divided Wisdom: Immanuel Kant -- Real and Rational: Hegel and Marx -- In Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO: CONDEMNING THE ARCHITECT -- Raw Material: Bayle's Dictionary -- Voltaire's Destinies -- The Impotence of Reason: David Hume -- End of the Tunnel: The Marquis de Sade -- Schopenhauer: The World as Tribunal -- CHAPTER THREE: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION -- Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption -- On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence -- CHAPTER FOUR: HOMELESS -- Earthquakes: Why Lisbon? -- Mass Murders: Why Auschwitz? -- Losses: Ending Modern Theodicies -- Intentions: Meaning and Malice -- Terror: After September 11 -- Remains: Camus, Arendt, Critical Theory, Rawls -- Origins: Sufficient Reason
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