The Nature of Evil - Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff 1887- (USA The Macmillan Publishing Company Inc., 1931)
The problem of evil in the great religions -- The Christian-Medieval tradition -- Pascal's despair of reason -- Scepticism and theodicy -- Eighteenth century optimism -- The despair of civilization -- The devil in modern poetry -- Leopardi's lyrical pessimism -- Aristocracy without illusions: Alfred de Vigny -- The warp of Schopenhauer -- Grounds and limits of Schopenhauer's pessimism -- Hartmann's philosophy of the unconscious -- A German slough of despond -- A gradational view of the nature of evil
Keywords: Philosophy and Psychology (3GdadSaI hYde GdfaSs; Good and evil -- General; Philosophy and religion; Pessimism; Optimism; Literature -- Philosophy; Good and evil; Philosophy and religion