“In my judgment an organic machine new to nature never arises, since it always contains an infinity of organs so that it can express, in its own way, the whole universe; indeed, it always contains all past and present times.” WayWholePastUniverseJudgmentMachinesAriseInfinityOrgansPast And PresentPresent Time Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“These principles have given me a way of explaining naturally the union or rather the mutual agreement [conformité] of the soul and the organic body. The soul follows its own laws, and the body likewise follows its own laws; and they agree with each other in virtue of the pre-established harmony between all substances, since they are all representations of one and the same universe.” WaySoulBodyLawScienceUniverseGivenPrinciplesVirtueHarmonyAgreeUnionsSubstanceAgreementMutualRepresentationExplaining Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind's labour.” WayMindScienceWonderfulDiscoveryLabourFacilitate Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.” WayImpossibleInfluenceAttractionDependentPhysical Attraction Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.” WayOrderProgressWords Of WisdomGainsGood ThingsCertaintyPropositions Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“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.” WayIdeasReasonFoundWords Of WisdomTruth IsMathematicsDefinitionsPracticalsPrimariesAnalysisAxiomsTheoremsCanon Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.” WayMeanCoursesSimpleWords Of WisdomSubstance Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.” WayStatesPhilosophyBigsNaturalSimpleConsequenceSubstanceNatural Consequences Book:The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadolo gy & Discourse on Metaphysics Source: The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadolo gy & Discourse on Metaphysics
