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King, William. AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL. Translated from the Latin [by Edmund Law] with Large Notes; Tending to Explain and Vindicate Some of the Author’s Principles Against the Objections of Bayle, Leibnitz… and Others. To Which Is Prefix’d a Dissertation Concerning the Fundamental Principle and Immediate Criterion of Virtue. As Also, the Obligation to, and Approbation of it. With Some Account of the Passions and Affections.
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London: For W. Thurlbourn and sold by R. Knaplock, J. and J. Knapton and W. Innis, 1731. 4to. lvi, 330, (2) pp. With the final errata leaf. Index. In original calf, red morocco label. Small chip at top of spine and edges rubbed. A crisp, unfoxed copy. The first English translation of King’s orig. treatise in Latin, DE ORIGINE MALI (Dublin, 1702). It is King’s (the Archbishop of Dublin) major philosophical work and was very influential throughout the 18th century.
| Author | King, William |
|---|---|
| Title | AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL. Translated from the Latin [by Edmund Law] with Large Notes; Tending to Explain and Vindicate Some of the Author's Principles Against the Objections of Bayle, Leibnitz… and Others. To Which Is Prefix'd a Dissertation Concerning the Fundamental Principle and Immediate Criterion of Virtue. As Also, the Obligation to, and Approbation of it. With Some Account of the Passions and Affections. |
| Year of Publication | 1731 |
| Publisher | For W. Thurlbourn and sold by R. Knaplock, J. and J. Knapton and W. Innis |
