Friday, October 23, 2015

Er ist tod


So the New York Times asked folks if they would kill Hitler as a baby.

Ah but if you are a Leibnitzian, you would not kill Hitler...becasue...Hitler's existence is the Best Of All Possible Worlds.

Leibnitz would say that Hitler's existence, seen sub specie aeternitatis (from the eye of god), and with all the good that happened ex post facto, is the best of all possible worlds.

Basically, how could god make a mistake, is what Leibnitz is asking.

What if god is taken out of the picture and we are left with a human world with human actions and human choices and human fallibility?

Huh Leibnitz?

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