Furthering our discussion about Voltaire's contradiction of Optimism and Providence, read the following abstract of Leibniz' argument for Providence and Rousseau's refutation of Voltaire's skepticism:
http://www.leibniz-translations.com/wedderkopf.htm
and
http://www.leibniz-translations.com/dialogue.htm
and finally
http://geophysics-old.tau.ac.il/personal/shmulik/LisbonEq-letters.htm
With Voltaire on one side and Leibniz and Rousseau on the other, where are you personally on the argument? Back it up using evidence from the three authors.
