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Plutarque sur les délais de la justice divine

Plutarque

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anglais
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  • APAPlutarque. (n.d.). Plutarque sur les délais de la justice divine. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plutarch/plutarch-on-the-delay-of-the-divine-justice
  • MLAPlutarque. "Plutarque sur les délais de la justice divine." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plutarch/plutarch-on-the-delay-of-the-divine-justice.
  • ChicagoPlutarque. Plutarque sur les délais de la justice divine. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plutarch/plutarch-on-the-delay-of-the-divine-justice.

De quoi il s'agit

Sur les délais de la justice divine : pourquoi les méchants prospèrent.

Contexte et histoire

La plus ancienne question de la théodicée, traitée avec calme par un prêtre de Delphes. La réponse de Plutarque est que le châtiment est intérieur et arrive plus tôt qu'il n'y paraît. Emerson l'a lu de près, et cela se voit.

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Comment cela commence
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) with _underscores_. In the main body of the text, words in mixed case and all cap small caps are in capital letters. A Table of Contents has been added by the transcriber. Synopsis. Introduction. Plutarch on the Delay of the Divine Justice. Index. A complete list of corrections as well as other notes follows the text. PLUTARCH ON THE DELAY OF THE DIVINE JUSTICE. TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. BY ANDREW P. PEABODY. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1885. _Copyright, 1885_, By Andrew P. Peabody. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. SYNOPSIS. § 1. The dialogue opens with comments on the cavils against the Divine Providence by a person who is supposed to have just departed. 2. The alleged encouragement to the guilty by the delay of punishment, while the sufferers by the guilt of others are disheartened by failing to see the wrong-doers duly punished. 3. The guilty themselves, it is said, do not recognize punishment when it comes late, but think it mere misfortune. 4. Plutarch answers the objections to the course of Providence. In the first place, man must not be too confident of his ability to pass judgment on things divine. There are many things in human legislation undoubtedly reasonable, yet with no obvious reason. How much more in the administration of the universe by the Supreme Being! 5.…

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