TY - BOOK ID - 3031420 TI - Gott, Freiheit, Weltenwahl : der Ursprung des Begriffes der besten aller möglichen Welten in der Metaphysik der Willensfreiheit zwischen Antonio Perez S.J. (1599-1649) und G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716) AU - Ramelow, Tilman AU - Brill PY - 1997 VL - 72 SN - 09208607 SN - 9004106413 9004247262 9789004106413 PB - Leiden New York Brill DB - UniCat KW - Free will and determinism KW - Possibility KW - Metaphysics KW - Theology KW - Libre arbitre et déterminisme KW - Possibilité KW - Métaphysique KW - Théologie KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Perez, Antonio, KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, KW - Libre arbitre et déterminisme KW - Possibilité KW - Métaphysique KW - Théologie KW - Logic KW - Philosophy KW - Compatibilism KW - Determinism and free will KW - Determinism and indeterminism KW - Free agency KW - Freedom and determinism KW - Freedom of the will KW - Indeterminism KW - Liberty of the will KW - Determinism (Philosophy) KW - Pérez Valiende de Navas, Antonio, KW - Valiende de Navas, Antonio Pérez, KW - Navas, Antonio Pérez Valiende de, KW - Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm KW - Free will and determinism. KW - Possibility. KW - Pérez, Antonio, KW - Perez, Antonio, - 1599-1649 KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, - Freiherr von, - 1646-1716 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3031420 AB - This study investigates the origins of the concept of 'the best of all possible worlds'. It exemplifies the character of modern metaphysics, which thinks mainly in terms of freedom and possibility. The book contains three parts. The first part tries to reconstruct this concept both historically and systematically; it deals with the concept of possibility beginning with High Scholasticism. The second part investigates the origins of this idea in the Jesuit theory of 'scientia media', which is concerned with human freedom and divine foreknowledge. The third part deals with the question, whether there is any necessity to choose the best - a main theme in late scholastic thought of the 17th century. This investigation of a concept unknown before the time of Leibniz, reveals many new sources and fills a gap in the history of ideas. ER -