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Bust of Epicurus, c. 3rd/2nd century BC

The Epicurus paradox is a logical dilemma about the problem of evil attributed to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who argued against the existence of a god who is simultaneously omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent.

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Epicurean paradox

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The Epicurus paradox is a logical dilemma about the problem of evil attributed to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who argued against the existence of...

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Epicurus

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rejected the teachings of the Epicureans specifically because he regarded them as theological "Dogmaticists". The Epicurean paradox or riddle of Epicurus or...

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List of paradoxes

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believing that at least one of them is incorrect. Problem of evil: (Epicurean paradox) The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence...

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Epicureanism

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Epicureanism is a system of philosophy founded around 307 BCE based upon the teachings of Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher. Epicurus was an atomist...

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Problem of evil

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theodicy is from an academical source which is not only not epicurean, but even anti-epicurean. Reinhold F. Glei, Et invidus et inbecillus. Das angebliche...

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Paradox

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A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently...

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Dystheism

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Moral evil

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2014. Christianity: good and evil Brook, Richard (2007). "Deontology, Paradox". Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal...

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Absence of good

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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developing calculus, manipulating them in ways suggesting that they had paradoxical algebraic properties. George Berkeley, in a tract called The Analyst...

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Best of all possible worlds

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theodicy Best of all possible worlds Divine retribution Dystheism Epicurean paradox Free will Inconsistent triad Irenaean theodicy Misotheism Moral evil...

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Irenaeus

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Divine retribution

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Paradox of hedonism

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The paradox of hedonism, also called the pleasure paradox, refers to the practical difficulties encountered in the pursuit of pleasure. For the hedonist...

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Theodicy

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individuals who were right with the gods could avoid punishment. The "Epicurean trilemma", however, was already raised c. 300 BC by Epicurus, according...

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Richard Swinburne

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theodicy Best of all possible worlds Divine retribution Dystheism Epicurean paradox Free will Inconsistent triad Irenaean theodicy Misotheism Moral evil...

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Natural evil

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theodicy Best of all possible worlds Divine retribution Dystheism Epicurean paradox Free will Inconsistent triad Irenaean theodicy Misotheism Moral evil...

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Augustinian theodicy

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fulfil his plan, and he does this by employing a formulation of the Sorites paradox. He argues that there is no smallest amount of evil necessary for God's...

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Misotheism

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traces the history of ideas behind misotheism from the Book of Job, via Epicureanism and the twilight of Roman paganism, to deism, anarchism, Nietzschean...

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Principal Doctrines

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authoritative conclusions set up as official doctrines by the founders of Epicureanism: Epicurus of Samos, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Hermarchus of Mitilene and...

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Alvin Plantinga

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theodicy Best of all possible worlds Divine retribution Dystheism Epicurean paradox Free will Inconsistent triad Irenaean theodicy Misotheism Moral evil...

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Hedonism

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arguments and theories of Epicureanism. Many of the papyrus scrolls unearthed at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum are Epicurean texts. At least some...

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Irenaean theodicy

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Joseph de Maistre

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on the Life and Death of her Son", 1794) and Cinq paradoxes à la Marquise de Nav... ("Five Paradoxes for the Marchioness of Nav...", 1795). From Lausanne...

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Preparedness paradox

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The preparedness paradox is the proposition that if a society or individual acts effectively to mitigate a potential disaster such as a pandemic, natural...

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Hellenistic philosophy

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Actium in 31 BC. The dominant schools of this period were the Stoics, the Epicureans and the Skeptics. The preceding classical period in Ancient Greek philosophy...

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Oxymoron

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plenty of truth in it, an 'Epicurean pessimist.'" (Quarterly Review vol. 170 (1890), p. 289) In this example, "Epicurean pessimist" would be recognized...

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List of ancient Greek philosophers

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flourished List of ancient Platonists List of Cynic philosophers List of Epicurean philosophers List of Stoic philosophers Aristotle, Metaphysics Alpha,...

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Hedone

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was an important concept in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially in the Epicurean school. It is also the root of the English word "hedonism". In Greek mythology...

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