Theodicy

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Translated by E. M. Huggard

10 chapters · about 12 h

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The opening

PART ONE

VIRGIL

Candidus insueti miratur limen Olympi, Sub pedibusque videt nubes et sidera Daphnis.

LUCAN

...Illic postquam se lumine vero Implevit, stellasque vagas miratur et astra Fixa polis, vidit quanta sub nocte jaceret Nostra dies.

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About this edition

The words
E. M. Huggard's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 2 places
  • The Essays' heading, repeated before each part; each part carries it as its part label (3 blocks)
  • The heading APPENDICES, given to each appendix as its part label
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places