Full Idea
The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.
Gist of Idea
The divine organiser of the world wanted it to have as little imperfection as possible
Source
Plato (Timaeus [c.362 BCE], 30a)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Timaeus and Critias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2008], p.18
A Reaction
The god is the demiurge which brings order to the original chaos of the cosmos. This is the trade-off view of what is bad in the world, equivalent to Leibniz's best of all possible worlds.
Related Idea
Idea 24243 The world-maker used the four elements and their properties in entirety [Plato]