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Chapter Thirteen. The Best of All Possible Worlds
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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Part One. The Matter-Based Philosophy of the British Tradition
- Chapter One. Hobbes on Morality and the Modern Science of Motion 13
- Chapter Two. Freedom as the Realization of Desire 40
- Chapter three. Leviathan: The Making of a Mortal God 70
- Chapter Four. John Locke: Underlaborer of the New Sciences 106
- Chapter Five. Locke on the Freedom of the Human Spirit 159
- Chapter Six. From Berkeley to Hume: The Radicalization of Empiricism 204
- Chapter Seven. Hume’s Science of the Dynamics of the Passions 233
- Chapter Eight. Adam Smith Deciphers the Invisible Hand of the Market 266
- Chapter Nine. Contradictions of Economic Life 284
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Part Two. The Spirit-Based Philosophy of the European Continent
- Chapter Ten. I Think: Descartes’ Foundation of Modern Science 317
- Chapter Eleven. God and the Good Society 336
- Chapter Twelve. Leibniz’s Discovery of Universal Freedom 376
- Chapter Thirteen. The Best of All Possible Worlds 406
- Chapter Fourteen. Justifying God’s Ways: Kant’s Progress from Leibniz through Pope to Rousseau 443
- Chapter Fifteen. Rousseau’s Reasoning of the Heart 467
- Notes 513
- Selected Bibliography 555
- Index 561
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part One. The Matter-Based Philosophy of the British Tradition
- Chapter One. Hobbes on Morality and the Modern Science of Motion 13
- Chapter Two. Freedom as the Realization of Desire 40
- Chapter three. Leviathan: The Making of a Mortal God 70
- Chapter Four. John Locke: Underlaborer of the New Sciences 106
- Chapter Five. Locke on the Freedom of the Human Spirit 159
- Chapter Six. From Berkeley to Hume: The Radicalization of Empiricism 204
- Chapter Seven. Hume’s Science of the Dynamics of the Passions 233
- Chapter Eight. Adam Smith Deciphers the Invisible Hand of the Market 266
- Chapter Nine. Contradictions of Economic Life 284
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Part Two. The Spirit-Based Philosophy of the European Continent
- Chapter Ten. I Think: Descartes’ Foundation of Modern Science 317
- Chapter Eleven. God and the Good Society 336
- Chapter Twelve. Leibniz’s Discovery of Universal Freedom 376
- Chapter Thirteen. The Best of All Possible Worlds 406
- Chapter Fourteen. Justifying God’s Ways: Kant’s Progress from Leibniz through Pope to Rousseau 443
- Chapter Fifteen. Rousseau’s Reasoning of the Heart 467
- Notes 513
- Selected Bibliography 555
- Index 561