In this 1710 treatise, Gottfried Liebniz\'s only book-length work, he applies the idea of philosophical "optimism"-that we live in the best of all possible worlds-to the "problem of evil"-If a benevolent God exists, why do terrible things happen? He explores the possibility that humanity\'s happiness is not necessarily part of God\'s plan.
Much of Leibniz\'s thinking in the realm of the sciences flowed from his philosophy-he believed the universe to operate under simple, intelligible, interconnec.
In this 1710 treatise, Gottfried Liebniz\'s only book-length work, he applies the idea of philosophical "optimism"-that we live in the best of all possible worlds-to the "problem of evil"-If a benevolent God exists, why do terrible things happen? He explores the possibility that humanity\'s happiness is not necessarily part of God\'s plan
