Full Idea
These admirable laws [of physics] are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being, as opposed to the system of absolute and brute necessity, advocated by Strato and Spinoza.
Gist of Idea
The laws of physics are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (The Theodicy [1710], p.332), quoted by Franklin Perkins - Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed 2.II
Book Reference
Perkins,Franklin: 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed' [Continuum 2007], p.24
A Reaction
Note the swipe at Spinoza. Leibniz defends the absolute necessities residing in God, but is too polite to call those 'brute', though personally I can't see the difference. But he says the laws arise from 'perfection and order', not from God's necessity.