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Here are collected five essays where themes concerning ethics, aesthetics and philosophy of religion are examined, which have their ideal reference in the problem of the edification of the human, of which Kant understood the idea in dynamic terms, as suggested by the concept of 'destination' as well as the program of a 'reform of the way of thinking'. Producing this change was a non-secondary aim of a philosophy that, in the spirit of modern reflexivity, had the pride of calling itself "critical", firm in the intention of reconciling the different needs of reason. Il volume raccoglie cinque saggi, in cui sono esaminati temi concernenti argomenti di etica, estetica e filosofia della religione, che hanno il loro ideale riferimento nel problema dell’edificazione dell’umano, di cui Kant intese l’idea in termini dinamici, come suggeriva il concetto di ‘destinazione’ così come l’idea di «riforma del modo di pensare». Produrre tale mutamento è stato un obiettivo non secondario di una filosofia che, nello spirito della riflessività moderna, ebbe l’orgoglio di definirsi “critica”, ferma nel proposito di conciliare le diverse esigenze della ragione.

criticism --- wisdom --- destination --- theodicy --- sublime

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An adequate explanation of suffering is perhaps the most intractable issue in the study of religion and philosophy, and the answer to the question "Why me?" has eluded not only those who are the victims of suffering, but those who sympathize with them and try to understand and explain their suffering. In this highly personal account, Arvind Sharma shares his story of becoming the victim of a severe road accident and his gradual recovery from a fractured knee, which included a hospital stay, surgeries, unexpected setbacks, and a lengthy process of rehabilitation. In the second and most substantial part of the book, Sharma attempts to intellectually come to terms with his experience and to reflect on how the experience of suffering in one form or another is a universal condition of human existence.

Hindus --- Knee --- Theodicy. --- Wounds and injuries. --- Sharma, Arvind.

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Why would a loving God who is all-powerful and all-knowing create a world like ours which is marred by all manner of evil, suffering and injustice? This question has come to be known as ‘the problem of evil’ and has troubled both ordinary folk and specialist philosophers and theologians for centuries, with no answer seemingly in sight. However, in a series of publications from the late 1970s onwards, Professor William Rowe – one of the leading philosophers of religion today – has put forward a powerful case in support of the view that the horrors littering our planet constitute strong evidence against the existence of God. In this book, the first extended study of Rowe’s defense of atheism on the basis of evil, Nick Trakakis comprehensively assesses the large body of literature that has developed in response to Rowe’s work, paying particular attention to two strategies employed by critics: firstly, the appeal to mystery – the idea that God may well have reasons for permitting evil that lie beyond our comprehension; and secondly, the appeal to theodicies, where this involves offering explanations as to why God allows evil to abound in his creation (free will theodicies, for example, argue that God could not prevent us from acting wrongly without at the same time curtailing or removing our free will). Trakakis unearths significant difficulties in both strategies, and concludes that – absent any evidence in support of theism – the God of theism must be judged to be "beyond belief".

Good and evil --- God --- Theodicy. --- Religious aspects. --- Attributes. --- Rowe, William L., --- Evil, Problem of (Theology) --- Permissive will of God --- Problem of evil (Theology) --- Attributes of God --- Permissive will --- Will, Permissive --- Theodicy --- Attributes --- Religious aspects

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Prior to any attempt to study a text at the literary level, the textual material itself has to be carefully established. It is for this reason that the present volume is devoted to a detailed text-critical study of the 'physical' text of the ‘Plagues Narrative’ in Exod. 7:14–11:10. In the first chapter, the author formulates a number of prolegomena relating to textual criticism as a discipline, the extant textual material, the terminology employed and the methodological model that serves as the basis of this study. In the second chapter, data provided by the various textual forms of the ‘Plagues Narrative’ in Exod. 7:14–11:10, namely MT, LXX, SamP, 4QpaleoExodᵐ, 4QpaleoGen-Exodᶩ, 2QExodᵃ, 4QExodᶜ, 4QGen-Exodᵃ and 4QExodʲ, are registered and described. The extant textual versions themselves are presented in the form of a synopsis, added as an appendix to this book. The third and final chapter offers the text-critical evaluation of all 'text-relevant' variants.

Textvergleich --- Plagues of Egypt. --- Egyptian plagues --- Ten plagues of Egypt --- Theodicy --- Septuaginta --- Ägyptische Plagen --- Bible. --- Criticism, Textual.

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Responses to Fackenheim's reflections on the centrality of the Holocaust to philosophy, Jewish thought, and contemporary experience.

Jewish philosophy. --- Holocaust (Jewish theology) --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Jews --- Philosophy, Jewish --- Philosophy, Israeli --- Good and evil --- Theodicy --- Influence. --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Judaism --- Fackenheim, Emil L.