Articles on this topic always remind me of Leibniz's philosophical optimism, which stemmed from considering all possible worlds through the lens of his theologi

Articles on this topic always remind me of Leibniz's philosophical optimism, which stemmed from considering all possible worlds through the lens of his theological motivations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Theodicy_and_optimism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Theo...). This was famously criticized by Voltaire in Candide. But, even earlier, the Scholastics wrestled with alternatives to reality as we know it, which seems to have found its best articulation by Luis de Molina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molinism). Even Calvin seems to resurrect his influence through superdeterminism (most recently championed by Sabine Hossenfelder). I'm not claiming that these thinker prefigure modern physics, only that intellectual history sometimes rhymes, even if it doesn't repeat.