Leibniz e a História

Generally, the author of Monadology is not studied on the basis of a philosophical interest in history. However, his intellectual concerns are addressed to this domain, and some philosophies of history had the Essais de théodicée (1710) in their horizons, although Leibniz did not write a theodicy of history. This paper aims to put forward some perspectives about the Leibnizian thought regarding that field, with emphasis on the bond between men’s trajectory and theological basis, in order to understand how these two elements are articulated to justify optimism as a decisive analytical framework for an idea of history.