sustulerat

Updated: February 11, 2026

Wisdom only shows God the best possible exercise of his goodness: after that, the evil that occurs is an inevitable result of the best. I will add something stronger: To permit the evil, as God permits it, is the greatest goodness. Si mala sustulerat, non erat ille bonus.

Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil