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No, this is not the best of all possible worlds. In fact, there is no such thing. It has to be a sufficiently good possible world, since God is good, but what measures would one use to determine what was the best possible world? Too many of them might be mutually incompatible, or merely admit of no maxima.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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