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. Leibnitz (1646-1716) / / von Tilman Ramelow.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 72
• VerfasserIn: Ramelow, Tilman,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: German
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (511 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Einleitung /; Erstes Kapitel: Möglichkeit Und Wirklichkeit: Hochscholastische Vorgaben /; Zweites Kapitel: Möglichkeit Und Freiheit: Elemente Möglicher Welten /; Drittes Kapitel: Die Beste Aller Möglichen Welten /; Schlussbemerkungen /; Dramatis Personae /; Quellen /; Literatur /; Index Nominum /; Index Rerum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004247262
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Tilman Ramelow.

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.