Eternal punishment, universal salvation and pragmatic theology in Leibniz
In this paper I will consider Leibniz’s attitude toward the doctrines of eternal punishment and universal salvation. The question of Leibniz’s views on this issue was subject of a debate around half a century after Leibniz’s death between Johann August Eberhard, who argued in his New Apology for Soc...
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| description | In this paper I will consider Leibniz’s attitude toward the doctrines of eternal punishment and universal salvation. The question of Leibniz’s views on this issue was subject of a debate around half a century after Leibniz’s death between Johann August Eberhard, who argued in his New Apology for Socrates (1772) that Leibniz had been a secret advocate of universal salvation, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who argued in his Leibniz on eternal punishment (1773) that he adhered to the doctrine of eternal damnation. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ea58ff2f-2dbb-4e78-9802-b7047adb453b2022-03-27T11:01:29ZEternal punishment, universal salvation and pragmatic theology in LeibnizBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:ea58ff2f-2dbb-4e78-9802-b7047adb453bSymplectic Elements at OxfordPalgrave Macmillan2016Lodge, PIn this paper I will consider Leibniz’s attitude toward the doctrines of eternal punishment and universal salvation. The question of Leibniz’s views on this issue was subject of a debate around half a century after Leibniz’s death between Johann August Eberhard, who argued in his New Apology for Socrates (1772) that Leibniz had been a secret advocate of universal salvation, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who argued in his Leibniz on eternal punishment (1773) that he adhered to the doctrine of eternal damnation. |
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