A THEODICY;

OR

VINDICATION OF THE DIVINEGLORY,

AS MANIFESTED IN THE

CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THEMORAL WORLD.

BY ALBERT TAYLOR BLEDSOE,

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY IN THEUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PHILLIPS.

200 MULBERRY STREET.

1854.

Contents

• Introduction. Of The Possibility Of A Theodicy.
• Section I. The failure of Plato and other ancient philosophers to construct a Theodicy, not a ground of despair.
• Section II. The failure of Leibnitz not a ground of despair.
• Section III. The system of the moral universe not purposely involved in obscurity to teach us a lesson of humility.
• Section IV. The littleness of the human mind a ground of hope.
• Section V. The construction of a Theodicy, not an attempt to solve mysteries, but to dissipate absurdities.
• Section VI. The spirit in which the following work has been prosecuted, and the relation of the author to other systems.
• Part I. The Existence Of Moral Evil, Or Sin, Consistent With The Holiness Of God.
• Chapter I. The Scheme Of Necessity Denies That Man Is Responsible For The Existence Of Sin.
• Section I. The attempts of Calvin and Luther to reconcile the scheme of necessity with the responsibility of man.
• Section II. The manner in which Hobbes, Collins, and others, endeavour to reconcile necessity with free and accountable agency.
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