ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of the book. The book offers differing conceptions of the Devi and an analysis of the Devil through the lens of Romantic literature and philosophy. It presents a philosophical dialogue between a philosophy student and a psychiatrist regarding the existence of a wicked. It examines and defends a line of reasoning derived from Plantinga concerning the problem of natural evil. The book explores how an important and influential approach to the epistemology of theistic belief reformed Epistemology that might speak to belief regarding the existence of the Devil. It then analyzes the moral status of the temptation function so characteristic of the Devil in many religious traditions.The book also presents Robert Arp's argument about Voltaire's conditional claim, which is probably false, given the various secular moral theories that have been put forward throughout the history of Western philosophy that may act as the basis for civil interaction.
