human
was really predetermined by the conviction of truth. His Theodicée, [1233] written in reply to Bayle, is by the admission even of admirers [1234] a process of begging the question. Deity, a mere
gpt
of finite qualities, is proved à priori, though it is expressly argued that a finite mind cannot grasp infinity; and the necessary goodness of necessary deity is posited in the same fashion. It is very significant that such a philosopher, himself much given to denying the religiousness of other men's theories, was nevertheless accused among both the educated and the populace of being essentially non-religious. Nominally he adhered to the entire Christian system, including miracles, though he declared that his belief in dogma rested on the agreement of reason with faith, and claimed to keep his thought free on unassailed truths; [1235] and he always discussed the Bible as a believer; yet he rarely went to church; [1236] and the Low German nickname Lövenix (= Glaubet nichts,