God owes us nothing : a brief remark on Pascal's religion and on the spirit of Jansenism / Leszek Ko...
God owes us nothing : a brief remark on Pascal's religion and on the spirit of Jansenism / Leszek Ko...
God owes us nothing : a brief remark on Pascal's religion and on the spirit of Jansenism / Leszek Kolakowski.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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T0375475
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English
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x, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Why Did the Catholic Church Condemn the Teaching of Saint Augustine? Does God Command Impossible Things? Does God Compel Us to Be Good? Although Unfree, We Are Free. Can We Reject God? For Whom Did Jesus Die? What Was Wrong with Augustine? A Remark on the Antecedents of the Quarrel. A Note on...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
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Illinois
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
Leszek Kolakowski reflects on the centuries-long debate in Christianity: how to reconcile the existence of evil in the world with the goodness of an omnipotent God, and how God's omnipotence is compatible with people's responsibility for their own salvation or damnation. He approaches this paradox as both an exercise in theology and in revisionist...
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God owes us nothing : a brief remark on Pascal's religion and on the spirit of Jansenism / Leszek Kolakowski.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-231) and index.
Transferred from N273.7/17.
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T0375475
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74VM4bl65M2Z
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0226450538 (pbk.) :
9780226450513 (alk. paper)
0226450511 (alk. paper)
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273.7
2737
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991001538649702626
