XIII. The Value of Life (Optimism and Pessimism)

GA 4/l13/p005 · RSPC1949 HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.

A good God wills to create the best possible world, a wise God knows which is the best possible. He is able to distinguish the best from all other and worse possibilities. Only an evil or an unwise God would be able to create a world worse than the best possible.

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Cite: GA 4/l13/p005 · edition RSPC1949 (Steiner 1918 revised edition)