In answer to the question of why evil exists in the world,the German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz argued that

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Leibniz's philosophy of the "best of all possible worlds" states that God created the world as the best possible outcome from all potential outcomes. Therefore, he argued that good and evil are inseparable and that evil must exist in order to create the best possible world. Leibniz believed that evil is necessary in order to bring out the greater good, but this does not mean that it is good in itself.

In Answer to the Question of Why Evil Exists in the World,the