Capitalism Is the Best of All Possible Worlds July - August 2017, Cervera de los Montes 200 x 170 cm Acrylic color, enamel color and permanent marker on cavas i The best of all possible worlds was coined by the German polymath Gottfried Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil). The claim that the actual world is the best of all possible worlds is the central argument in Leibniz's theodicy, or his attempt to solve the problem of evil. Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio is a symbol of lying. Private collection, Copenhagen. Tags: Leibniz, Pinocchio, capitalism, cat, school 29 / 124