“Of Optimism I have said that "The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil."”

— F. H. Bradley, book Appearance and Reality

Appearance and Reality, preface http://books.google.com/books?id=EtgtAAAAYAAJ&q=%22of+optimism+I+have+said+that+The+world+is+the+best+of+all+possible+worlds+and+everything+in+it+is+a+necessary+evil%22&pg=PR14#v=onepage (1893).

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British philosopher 1846–1924

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