Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy

405 Pages·2002·3.17 MB·English

by  Neiman

E VI L I N MO DE R N T HO U GH T
an alternative
history
of philosophy

E VI L I N MO DE R N T HO U GH T
an alternative
history
of philosophy
with a new preface
afterword
by the author
susan neiman
princeton university press
princeton and oxford
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Thegreatassumptionthatwhathastakenplace
intheworldhasalsodonesoinconformitywith
reason—whichiswhatfirstgivesthehistoryof
philosophyitstrueinterest—isnothingelsethan
trustinProvidence,onlyinanotherform.
—Hegel,IntroductiontotheLecturesonthe
HistoryofPhilosophy

contents
contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
APrcekfnaocwelteodtghmeePnatpserback Edition xxixi
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cinhtarpotderucotnioe:nfire from heaven 141
chapter one: fire from heaven
God’s Advocates: Leibniz and Pope 1148
NGoewd’tsonAdovfotchaeteMsi:nLde:iJbenainz-aJancdqPuoespeRousseau 3168
DNievwidtoendoWfitshdeomM:inImd:mJeaannu-eJlaKcqaunets Rousseau 5376
RDeivaildaenddWRiastdioomna:lI:mHmegaenluaenldKaMnatrx 8547
IRneaCloanncdluRsiaotnional: Hegel and Marx 18049
chapInteCrontcwluosi:ocnondemning the architect 109
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chapter two: condemning the architect
Raw Material: Bayle’s Dictionary 111163
VRoalwtaMiraet’esrDiaels:tBinaiyeles’s Dictionary 112186
TVhoeltaImirpe’osteDnecsetionfieRseason: David Hume 114288
EThnedIomfpthoeteTnucnenoefl:RTehaesoMna:rDqauvisiddHeuSmaede 117408
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chapter three: ends of an illusion
Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption 220036
OEtnerCnoanlsCohlaotiicoens::FNrieeutdzsvcsh.ePoronvRideednecmeption 220267
chapOtneCrofnosoulart:iohno: Fmreeuldesvss. Providence 227
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chapter four: homeless
Earthquakes: Why Lisbon? 223480
MEaarstshqMuuarkdeesr:s:WWhhyyLiAsubsocnh?witz? 225400
LMoasssseMs:uErnddeirnsg: WMhoydeArunscThhweoitdzi?cies 225580
ILnotsesnetsio:nEsn:dMinegaMniondgearnndThMeaoldiciecies 226578
TInetreronrt:ioAnfste:rMSeeapntienmgbaenrd1M1alice 228617
RTeermroari:nAs:ftCearmSeups,teAmrebnedrt1,1Critical Theory, Rawls 228818
ORerimgainins:s:SCuaffimcuiesn,tARreenasdot,nCritical Theory, Rawls 321848
NAfoteterwsOorridg tion sth:eS Purfifinccieetnont RCelaasssoicns Edition 333212949
BNiobtlieosgraphy 333325179
IBnidbelixography 333643571
Index 336495