Theodicy

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I. The second of the three books which form this work was published apart, with the title of Essay, in 1826. In 1826-27, it was reproduced together with the first, also called an Essay, in the collection of small treatises to which I gave the name of Philosophical Minor Works (Opuscoli Filosofici). The third is new.<br><br>All three books treat of the same subject, but under different aspects. Although each book may stand by itself, and in a certain way may be said to exhaust its own special theme, nevertheless they are mutually related in such a way that each helps to complete the others. For this reason, I have now thought it advisable to publish them together as a single work, entitled Theodicy.