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[[Christianity|Christian]] theologians commonly declare that the world was the best of all possible worlds, as it was created by [[God]]. Therefore, even what appears to many as bad is actually part of God's perfect plan. For example, adversity improves Christian [[character]]/[[virtue]].
[[Christianity|Christian]] theologians commonly declare that the world was the best of all possible worlds, as it was created by [[God]]. Therefore, even what appears to many as bad is actually part of God's perfect plan. For example, adversity improves Christian [[character]]/[[virtue]].
[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Gottfried Leibniz]] ]]
[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Gottfried Leibniz]] ]]
[[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz]] (1646-1716) was a German, Christian philosopher who was born into a pious [[Lutheran]] family close to the end of the Thirty Years’ War, which had laid [[Germany]] in ruins.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/best-of-all-possible-worlds Best of all possible worlds], Encyclopedia Britannica</ref>
[[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz]] (1646–1716) was a German, Christian philosopher who was born into a pious [[Lutheran]] family close to the end of the Thirty Years' War, which had laid [[Germany]] in ruins.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/best-of-all-possible-worlds Best of all possible worlds], Encyclopedia Britannica</ref>
Encyclopædia Britannica's article ''Best of all possible worlds'' states:
{{Cquote|Best of all possible worlds, in the philosophy of the early modern philosopher [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] (1646–1716), the thesis that the existing world is the best world that God could have created.
{{Cquote|Best of all possible worlds, in the philosophy of the early modern philosopher [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] (1646–1716), the thesis that the existing world is the best world that God could have created.
== Journal articles ==
== Journal articles ==
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X Optimism], ''Clinical Psychology Review''. Volume 30, Issue 7, November 2010, Pages 879-889
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X Optimism], ''Clinical Psychology Review''. Volume 30, Issue 7, November 2010, Pages 879–889
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894461/#:~:text=Optimism%20is%20a%20tendency%20to,everyday%20social%20and%20working%20life. Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being], Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2010; 6: 25–29. Published online 2010 May 14. doi: 10.2174/1745017901006010025
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894461/#:~:text=Optimism%20is%20a%20tendency%20to,everyday%20social%20and%20working%20life. Optimism and Its Impact on Mental and Physical Well-Being], Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2010; 6: 25–29. Published online 2010 May 14. doi: 10.2174/1745017901006010025