Text B God and Evil A Positive View（第2页）
3。afflict:in
4。apriori:（Latin）involviivereaseneralprioanecessaryeffect
5。adducefor引证
6。insipid:laterestnifice
7。deference:adispositiooyieldtothewillofothers
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1。IhesupremeperfeofGod，theauthorsays，“Otherwiseitwouldnotbepossibletoexplainwhythingshavehappeheyhaveratherthanotherwise。。。”Doyouagreewithhim?Whyorwhynot?
2。“Theultimatereasoybothofessendofexistenaunitymustlybegreater，higher，andpriortotheworlditself，sihroughitaloohings，whichtheworlds，butalsothethingsthatarepossiblehavetheirreality。”Whatcould“essehethingsthatarepossible”meanhere?
3。Howdoestheauthuishmoralperfeetaphysicalperfe?
4。Analogy，aswehavelearned，draarallelbetweentwouhathaveseveralonqualitiesorpointsofresemblabeusedforthepurposeofpersuasionorfortheexplanatioionofanidea。Ihereadertogetridoftheiraboutthenotioiohorusesseveralanalogies。Findallofthemtoseeiftheyareeffective。
5。“Asfortheafflien，andespeeholdourselvesassuredthattheytributetoodofthosewhosufferthem。”Whatisthisgreatergoodtheafflisdotothosewhosufferthem?
6。Doyoufiheauthor’satsg，tradictoryorevensophistic?Makeyourdoubtsandfurtherexploretheideasihroughmoreihresearch。
After-readingAssig
OralWork
1。Workorallywithyroupmembers。Ifyoudoheauthor’sdesofthe“perfect”world，relatetotrarystatesoftheworldandfindothersourthoseofGod。
2。PeoplemaydoubtGod’sperfedaretroubledbythepheesfallupoheiareafflidareslaiortures。”Buttheauthreateffortstoelaboratethattheoppositeistrue。entonhisthoughtcritically，withgtheoriesandevideniliarevidenourownhistoryanddmakeaspeechsupptheauthor。
3。“Hewhohasisbitterhasissweet，norreciateit。Thisistheverylawofepositivepleasuredoesnotanevehingsproduess，andmakemendull，notjoyful。”Towhatextentdoyouagreereewiththisidea?Shareyourviewwithyourpartner。
WrittenWork
&akepleasureinsmalldangers，orintheexperienceofills，fromtheverysenseorprooftheygiveusofourownpowerorfeliposeashortessayofabout400wordsinsupportofthisstatementwithstrongevidence。
&heprinciplesofBuddhismalihecausesofpeople’ssufferingsfromBuddhism。parethemwithwhatLeibnizsaysaboutthesame。Listallthesimilaritiesanddifferencesyoutify。
3。Leibnizusesanalogytoexplaiordifficepts。Youtouseanalogybyfollowingmoreexamples:1）Failureislikeabrutalinjury;it’sverydebilitatifirst，buto，youarereadytotakeaiinthefriendzorandedoedislandparadise。Youaresurroundedbysomethiiful，butstayingtherewilleventuallykillyou。3）Loveislikearose，sosweet，thatoriestogatheritihorns。Nowesentencesraphsusinganalogytoexplaindifficultorabstraceptsorsensationsofyourownchoice。
4。ItseemsthatLeibimistiapoihisworld，whileBuddhistsspeakmoreaboutevilsandsufferiessayfromasetofviewillustratinghowweshouldlookathumanevilss。
FurtherReadings
AFreeMan’sWorshipbyBertrandRussell
AparativeStudyionsbyAnanda
《英国自然神论：起源和结果》，约翰·奥尔著
《〈圣经〉文学阐释教程》，刘意青编著