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In his treatise on page 138 of the _Thodicy_, Leibniz wrote

> Hence the conclusion that God wills all good in himself antecedently, that he wills the best consequently as an end,
> _Hence the conclusion that God wills all good in himself antecedently, that he wills the best consequently as an end,
> that he wills what is indifferent, and physical evil, sometimes as a means, but that he will only permit
> moral evil as the sine quo non or as a hypothetical necessity which connects it with the best. Therefore the
> consequent will of God, which has sin for its object, is only permissive.
> consequent will of God, which has sin for its object, is only permissive._
Leibniz thinks that the world that we live in is ABSOLUTELY the best possible world because it was created by a perfect
God. That means that there is no "excess" evil; evil always serves some sort of purpose. This has a lot to do with
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