dic philosophy is driven not by reason but by hope, by the desire that the world was perfect, the best of all possible worlds, despite evidence to the contrary.
How did he come to the conclusion that the universe was in harmony? It would seem that he arrives at this conclusion at the beginning of his philosophy and then designed an explanation of how this could be.
Indeed, at the very start of his Discourse on Metaphysics, Leibniz leaves no doubt about the essence of his philosophy with respect to the world and God:
The conception of God which is the most common and the most full of meaning is expressed well enough in the words: God is an absolutely perfect being. . . . Whence it follows that God who possesses supreme and infinite wisdom acts in the most perfect manner not only metaphysically, but also from the moral standpoint. And with respect to ourselves it can be said that the more we are enlightened and informed in regard to the works of God the more will we be disposed to find them
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