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Title: A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory

Author: Albert Taylor Bledsoe

Release Date: January 22, 2009 [Ebook #27869]

Language: English

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A THEODICY;

OR

VINDICATION OF THE DIVINE GLORY,

AS MANIFESTED IN THE

CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORAL WORLD.

BY ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE,

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PHILLIPS.

200 MULBERRY STREET.

1854.

CONTENTS

Introduction. Of The Possibility Of A Theodicy.
Section I. The failure of Plato and other ancient philosophers to
construct a Theodicy, not a ground of despair.
Section II. The failure of Leibnitz not a ground of despair.
Section III. The system of the moral universe not purposely involved in
obscurity to teach us a lesson of humility.
Section IV. The littleness of the human mind a ground of hope.
Section V. The construction of a Theodicy, not an attempt to solve
mysteries, but to dissipate absurdities.
Section VI. The spirit in which the following work has been prosecuted,
and the relation of the author to other systems.
Part I. The Existence Of Moral Evil, Or Sin, Consistent With The Holiness
Of God.
Chapter I. The Scheme Of Necessity Denies That Man Is Responsible For
The Existence Of Sin.
Section I. The attempts of Calvin and Luther to reconcile the scheme
of necessity with the responsibility of man.
Section II. The manner in which Hobbes, Collins, and others,
endeavour to reconcile necessity with free and accountable agency.
Section III. The sentiments of Descartes, Spinoza, and Malebranche,