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Gottfried Leibniz Quotes

Nihil est sine ratione. There is nothing without a reason Picture Quote #1

But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only Picture Quote #1

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future Picture Quote #1

Nature does not make leaps Picture Quote #1

Everything that is possible demands to exist Picture Quote #1

To love is to place happiness in the heart of another Picture Quote #1

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A great doctor kills more people than a great general Picture Quote #1

What is is what must be Picture Quote #1

It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used Picture Quote #1

Theologian: But what is to love? Philosopher: To be delighted by the happiness of another Picture Quote #1

I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity Picture Quote #1

There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact Picture Quote #1

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We live in the best of all possible worlds Picture Quote #1

I have hope that society may be reformed, when I see how much education may be reformed Picture Quote #1

I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general Picture Quote #1

There are also two kinds of truths, those of reasoning and those of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible: truths of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. When a truth is necessary, reason can be found by analysis, resolving it into more simple ideas and truths, until we come to those which are primary Picture Quote #1

It may be said likewise in respect of perfect wisdom, which is no less orderly than mathematics, that if there were not the best among all possible worlds, God would not have produced any Picture Quote #1

Two things are identical if one can be substituted for the other without affecting the truth Picture Quote #1

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I do not believe that a world without evil, preferable in order to ours, is possible; otherwise it would have been preferred. It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted. The combination of all the tendencies to the good has produced the best; but as there are goods that are incompatible together, this combination and this result can introduce the destruction of some good, and as a result some evil Picture Quote #1

It follows from what we have just said, that the natural changes of monads come from an internal principle, since an external cause would be unable to influence their inner being Picture Quote #1

If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species Picture Quote #1

The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need Picture Quote #1

Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phantasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were never deceived by it Picture Quote #1

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting Picture Quote #1

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To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love Picture Quote #1

When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. It is this way that in mathematics speculative theorems and practical canons are reduced by analysis to definitions, axioms and postulates Picture Quote #1

Now where there are no parts, there neither extension, nor shape, nor divisibility is possible. And these monads are the true atoms of nature and, in a word, the elements of things Picture Quote #1

Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory Picture Quote #1

Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, which are precisely alike, and in which it is not possible to find some difference which is internal, or based on some intrinsic quality Picture Quote #1

I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature Picture Quote #1

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Nihil est sine ratione. There is nothing without a reason (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Nature does not make leaps (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Everything that is possible demands to exist (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) To love is to place happiness in the heart of another (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) A great doctor kills more people than a great general (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) What is is what must be (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Theologian: But what is to love? Philosopher: To be delighted by the happiness of another (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) We live in the best of all possible worlds (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I have hope that society may be reformed, when I see how much education may be reformed (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) There are also two kinds of truths, those of reasoning and those of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible: truths of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. When a truth is necessary, reason can be found by analysis, resolving it into more simple ideas and truths, until we come to those which are primary (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) It may be said likewise in respect of perfect wisdom, which is no less orderly than mathematics, that if there were not the best among all possible worlds, God would not have produced any (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Two things are identical if one can be substituted for the other without affecting the truth (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I do not believe that a world without evil, preferable in order to ours, is possible; otherwise it would have been preferred. It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted. The combination of all the tendencies to the good has produced the best; but as there are goods that are incompatible together, this combination and this result can introduce the destruction of some good, and as a result some evil (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) It follows from what we have just said, that the natural changes of monads come from an internal principle, since an external cause would be unable to influence their inner being (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phantasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were never deceived by it (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. It is this way that in mathematics speculative theorems and practical canons are reduced by analysis to definitions, axioms and postulates (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Now where there are no parts, there neither extension, nor shape, nor divisibility is possible. And these monads are the true atoms of nature and, in a word, the elements of things (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, which are precisely alike, and in which it is not possible to find some difference which is internal, or based on some intrinsic quality (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes)

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