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Chapter 14 · 1 min read

Dialogue with Other Theodicies

Augustine, Irenaeus, Leibniz, Plantinga — where this argument agrees, and where it does not.

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Proverbs 18:17

The privation view of evil is inherited from Augustine and is assumed throughout this book. The soul-making tradition contributes the idea that the process itself has a purpose.

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