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    Prémontval’s “General Misunderstanding on the Question of Optimism”

    Strickland, Lloyd (2020) Prémontval’s “General Misunderstanding on the Question of Optimism”. Philosophical Readings, 12 (2). pp. 321-330. ISSN 2036-4989

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    Abstract

    One of the most original contributions to the optimism debate of the eighteenth century was put forward by the maverick French Enlightenment thinker, André-Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval (1716-1764), in an essay entitled “General misunderstanding on the question of optimism” (published 1757). This essay, which seeks to develop a “middle point” between the polarized pro- and anti-optimist positions that characterized the optimism debate, prefigures the development of process or neoclassical theism in important ways. The essay is presented here in English for the first time, along with an analysis of the essay itself and of the context in which it was written.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2019 11:16
    Publisher: Philosophical Readings
    Additional Information: This is an Open Access article published in Philosophical Readings, copyright The Author(s).
    Divisions: Faculties > Arts and Humanities
    Research Centres > History Research Centre
    Subject terms: Optimism, Best possible world, Prémontval, Leibniz, Berlin Academy, Academy prize essays, Creation, Process philosophy
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/622208
    ISSN 2036-4989

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