MEMPERTIMBANGAKAN TEODICE LEIBNIZ

Abstract

There are various ways of discussing theodicy. It can be 
characterized in three major traditions. They are the Plotinian theodicy, the Augustinian 
theodicy and the Irenean theodicy. Leibniz theodicy is a part of the Augustinian one. 
His argument concerning theodicy includes two main aspects. The first is the best of all 
possible worlds and the second is the argument of sufficient reason.  His argument goes 
like this.The core of Leibniz's solution is to argue that God does not underachieve in 
creating this world because this world is the best of all possible worlds. Leibniz was 
aware of the critics who reject that it is the best of all possible worlds.  He retains his 
argument in virtue of a central principle of his philosophical system, the Principle of 
Sufficient Reason. According to the Principle of Sufficient Reason, for any state of 
affairs, there must be a sufficient reason that explains why that state of affairs and not 
some other state of affairs obtains. When it comes to our world, then, there must be 
some reason that explains why it, and not some other world, obtains. By these two 
ideas, God and evil are two compatible things.