LEIBNIZ - Evil Does not Exist

Why would a good, all-powerful God allow suffering, injustice, and death? In this deep-dive exploration, we trace one of philosophy's oldest and most unsettling questions through the mind of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — the 17th-century polymath who dared to argue that we live in "the best of all possible worlds." We start with the classical problem of evil (the Epicurean paradox), then unpack Leibniz's Théodicée: his three kinds of evil (metaphysical, physical, moral), the principle of sufficient reason, and his controversial theory of possible worlds. But we don't stop there. This video also confronts the fiercest objections ever raised against Leibniz — Voltaire's devastating satire in Candide, Kant's argument that all theodicy fails, and Hans Jonas's haunting reflection on God after Auschwitz. Along the way, we bring in Augustine, Boethius, Spinoza, Pascal, Rousseau, and Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" — building a complete, honest picture of how Western philosophy has wrestled with suffering, freedom, and responsibility for over two thousand years. This isn't a video that hands you easy comfort or empty despair. It's an invitation to think clearly about one of the hardest questions there is. #Philosophy #Leibniz #Theodicy #ProblemOfEvil #Voltaire #Kant