Leibniz’s Harmony between the Kingdoms of Nature and Grace
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Lloyd Strickland
Abstract:
One of the more exotic and mysterious features of Leibniz’s later philosophical writings is the harmony between the kingdom of nature and the kingdom of grace. In this paper, I show that this harmony is not a single doctrine, but rather a compilation of two doctrines, namely (1) that the order of nature makes possible the rewards and punishments of rational souls, and (2) that the rewards and punishments of rational souls are administered naturally. I argue that the harmony is best considered as Leibniz’s distinctive collation, development, and rebranding of these doctrines, which were not themselves unique to Leibniz, nor uncommon in the seventeenth century. There follows a detailed examination of various concrete examples of the harmony in operation, from which I show that it is essentially the culmination of Leibniz’s lifelong thinking about divine justice.
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- Epicurus on Bivalence and the Excluded Middle
- Al-Suhrawardī’s Philosophy of Illumination and al-Ghazāl
- Leibniz’s Harmony between the Kingdoms of Nature and Grace
- Much Obliged: Kantian Gratitude Reconsidere
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- Brian E. Johnson, The Role Ethics of Epictetus. Stoicism in Ordinary Life. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014, pp. xv+216.
- R. Lanier Anderson, The Poverty of Conceptual Truth. Kant’s Analytic/Synthetic Distinction and the Limits of Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. xviii+408
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Articles
- Epicurus on Bivalence and the Excluded Middle
- Al-Suhrawardī’s Philosophy of Illumination and al-Ghazāl
- Leibniz’s Harmony between the Kingdoms of Nature and Grace
- Much Obliged: Kantian Gratitude Reconsidere
- Book Reviews
- Brian E. Johnson, The Role Ethics of Epictetus. Stoicism in Ordinary Life. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014, pp. xv+216.
- R. Lanier Anderson, The Poverty of Conceptual Truth. Kant’s Analytic/Synthetic Distinction and the Limits of Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. xviii+408
