Of Optimism I have said that "The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil."


Appearance and Reality, preface (1893).

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Of Optimism I have said that The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

Of Optimism I have said that The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

Of Optimism I have said that The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

Of Optimism I have said that The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.