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A world overrun with facts but lacking in wisdom!
It seems clear that its meaning is such that if God were to choose to create less than the best it would logically follow that he is lacking in wisdom, goodness or power.
For he clearly holds that from the fact that a being does less good than it could it logically follows that the being in question is lacking in wisdom or goodness.
Indeed, Leibniz says that "to do less good than one could is to be lacking in wisdom or in goodness", that the most perfect understanding "cannot fail to act in the most perfect way, and consequently to choose the best" (1710, 201).
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Lacking trust in their negotiating partner, Republicans in the electorate do not encourage their representatives to compromise with the president.
Lacking strength in depth, the women's game needs a great rivalry.
Lacking trust in management, employees push for policies that are laboriously detailed, inflexible, and often administratively constricting.
Lacking expertise in cellular manufacturing, Elco retained a consulting firm to design a master plan for the conversion.
Its beauty is found in its wisdom.
Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2003.
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