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French author [[Voltaire]] mocked the concept in his novel ''[[Candide]]'' (1759), ridiculing [[Leibniz]]'s notion that this is the best of all possible worlds.
 
French author [[Voltaire]] mocked the concept in his novel ''[[Candide]]'' (1759), ridiculing [[Leibniz]]'s notion that this is the best of all possible worlds.
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An old [[Russian]] says a pessimist believes that things cannot possibly get worse while an optimist is confident that they surely can.
    
[[Antonym]]: [[Pessimist]]
 
[[Antonym]]: [[Pessimist]]
    
[[Category:Philosophy]]
 
[[Category:Philosophy]]
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