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The problem of evil & Indian thought/ Arthur L. Herman

By: Herman, L. ArthurMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi : MBP, 2000Edition: 2nd. edDescription: 326p. ; 24cmISBN: 9788120807532Subject(s): Hindu religions | Religious Belief - IndiaDDC classification: 181.4

Contents:

PART I PHILOSOPHY AND PROBLEMS OF EVIL 1. The Historical Background 1. St. Augustine a. Divine Providence b. Free Choice of the Will c. Confessions d. City of God e. Enchiridion f. Conclusion 2. Interim a. Plotinus b. Dionysius c. St. Thomas Aquinas 3. G. E. Leibniz * a. Theodicy b. Conclusion 4. John Stuart Mill a. Three Essays on Religion b. Conclusion 5. JosiAH Royce a. The World and the Individual b. Conclusion 6. John Hick a. Evil and the God of Love b. Conclusion 7. Summary of Historical Back ground (Ch. I) II. The Problem of Evil 1. Introduction 2. The Theological Problem of Evil a. The Theological Theses b. The Evil Thesis 3. Conclusion to the Problem of Evil (Ch. II) III. Solutions to the Theological Problem of Human Evil 1. Philosophical Problems and Solutions a. Three Criteria for Solutions to TPHE 2. Some Reductions 3. Eight Solutions and Their Analysis 4. Conclusion (Ch. Ill) IV. Conclusion to Part I 1. Internal Problems 2. External Problems THE INDIAN DOCTRINE OF REBIRTH V. The Historical Background of Sarhsara 1. The Mobile Soul Doctrine in the Vedic Period 2. Upanisadic Sarhsara 3. Sarhsara in the Bhagavad Gita 4. Conclusion VI. The Assumptions of the Rebirth Thesis The Soul Thesis 1. Theravada Buddhism 2. Plato 3. Ananda K. Coomara- SWAMY and Samkara 4. Sarhkhya 5. Nyaya 6. Samkara 7. Personal Identity : West and East 8. Aurobindo Chose 9. Goriclusion To A^ A® The Soul-Locus Thesis 1. Plato 2. Jainism 3. Buddhism 4. Conclusion To A'^ A® The Mobile-Soul Thesis 1. General Conditions 2. The Mobile-Soul System 3. Conclusion To A® . A* The Karma Thesis 1. The Indian Context 2. Right and Wrong Under the Law of Karma 3. The Law in the Law of Karma 4. Plato 5. Buddhism 6. Other Indian Systems 7. Aurobindo Ghose 8. Conclusion To A* VII. Conclusion to Part II PART III REBIRTH AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL VIII. The Indian Assumptions to T.P.E. 1. Indian Analysis of the Theological Theses a. The Omnipotence Thesis b. The Omniscience Thesis c. The Ethical Thesis 2. Indian Analysis of the Evil Thesis IX. Two Indian Solutions to T.P.E. 1. The Necessity of Evil : The Necessary Solution 2. Transmigration and Reincar nation; The Rebirth Solution a. The Rebirth Solution Will Solve T.P.E. b. The Rebirth Solution Will Not Solve T.P.E. 3. Indian "Theodicy" : Samkara and Rama- NUJA on Brahma Sutra II. 1. 32-36.

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PART I PHILOSOPHY AND PROBLEMS
OF EVIL
1. The Historical Background
1. St. Augustine
a. Divine Providence
b. Free Choice of the Will
c. Confessions
d. City of God
e. Enchiridion
f. Conclusion
2. Interim
a. Plotinus
b. Dionysius
c. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. G. E. Leibniz *
a. Theodicy
b. Conclusion
4. John Stuart Mill
a. Three Essays on Religion
b. Conclusion
5. JosiAH Royce
a. The World and the
Individual
b. Conclusion
6. John Hick
a. Evil and the God of Love
b. Conclusion
7. Summary of Historical Back
ground (Ch. I)
II. The Problem of Evil
1. Introduction
2. The Theological Problem of
Evil
a. The Theological Theses
b. The Evil Thesis
3. Conclusion to the Problem
of Evil (Ch. II)
III. Solutions to the Theological
Problem of Human Evil
1. Philosophical Problems and
Solutions
a. Three Criteria for
Solutions to TPHE
2. Some Reductions
3. Eight Solutions and Their
Analysis
4. Conclusion (Ch. Ill)
IV. Conclusion to Part I
1. Internal Problems
2. External Problems
THE INDIAN DOCTRINE OF
REBIRTH
V. The Historical Background of
Sarhsara
1. The Mobile Soul Doctrine in the
Vedic Period
2. Upanisadic Sarhsara
3. Sarhsara in the Bhagavad
Gita
4. Conclusion
VI. The Assumptions of the Rebirth
Thesis
The Soul Thesis
1. Theravada Buddhism
2. Plato
3. Ananda K. Coomara-
SWAMY and Samkara
4. Sarhkhya
5. Nyaya
6. Samkara
7. Personal Identity : West
and East
8. Aurobindo Chose
9. Goriclusion To A^
A® The Soul-Locus Thesis
1. Plato
2. Jainism
3. Buddhism
4. Conclusion To A'^
A® The Mobile-Soul Thesis
1. General Conditions
2. The Mobile-Soul System
3. Conclusion To A® .
A* The Karma Thesis
1. The Indian Context
2. Right and Wrong Under the
Law of Karma
3. The Law in the Law of
Karma
4. Plato
5. Buddhism
6. Other Indian Systems
7. Aurobindo Ghose
8. Conclusion To A*
VII. Conclusion to Part II
PART III REBIRTH AND THE PROBLEM
OF EVIL
VIII. The Indian Assumptions to
T.P.E.
1. Indian Analysis of the
Theological Theses
a. The Omnipotence Thesis
b. The Omniscience Thesis
c. The Ethical Thesis
2. Indian Analysis of the Evil
Thesis
IX. Two Indian Solutions to T.P.E.
1. The Necessity of Evil : The
Necessary Solution
2. Transmigration and Reincar
nation; The Rebirth
Solution
a. The Rebirth Solution
Will Solve T.P.E.
b. The Rebirth Solution
Will Not Solve T.P.E.
3. Indian "Theodicy" :
Samkara and Rama-
NUJA on Brahma
Sutra II. 1. 32-36.

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