He fixed upon the Stoic idea that the results of all actions, no matter what they appear to do, are for the good. Amplifying 
He fixed upon the Stoic idea that the results of all actions, no matter what they appear to do, are for the good. Amplifying this philosophical starting point, he expanded the idea to encompass a thoroughly predetermined universe. He explained this divine order of the universe in the book he completed only two years before his death. The book's title, "Monadologie," gave its name to the philosophical concept he is most famous for. FTP, identify the man perhaps better known for his contributions to integral calculus and as the butt of a famous parody by Voltaire.
He fixed upon the Stoic idea that the results of all actions, no matter what they appear to do, are for the good.
{Leibnitz} , Baron Gottfried Wihelm von