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The Epicurean Paradox (lemmy.zip)
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[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago

It's called [Philosophical/Religious/Metaphisical/Leibnizian] Optimism, was seriously argued by Leibniz, and was the satirical subject of Voltaire's Candide, and definitely persists as a lay Christian belief.