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Tables of Contents for Evil in Modern Thought
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Paperback Edition
xi
Acknowledgments
xix
INTRODUCTION
1
13
CHAPTER ONE: FIRE FROM HEAVEN
14
99
God's Advocates: Leibniz and Pope
18
18
Newton of the Mind: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
36
21
Divided Wisdom: Immanuel Kant
57
27
Real and Rational: Hegel and Marx
84
25
In Conclusion
109
4
CHAPTER TWO: CONDEMNING THE ARCHITECT
113
90
Raw Material: Bayle's Dictionary
116
12
Voltaire's Destinies
128
20
The Impotence of Reason: David Hume
148
22
End of the Tunnel: The Marquis de Sade
170
26
Schopenhauer: The World as Tribunal
196
7
CHAPTER THREE: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION
203
35
Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption
206
21
On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence
227
11
CHAPTER FOUR: HOMELESS
238
91
Earthquakes: Why Lisbon?
240
10
Mass Murders: Why Auschwitz?
250
8
Losses: Ending Modern Theodicies
258
9
Intentions: Meaning and Malice
267
14
Terror: After September 11
281
7
Remains: Camus, Arendt, Critical Theory, Rawls
288
26
Origins: Sufficient Reason
314
15
Notes
329
8
Bibliography
337
8
Index
345