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“I have said more than once, that I hold space to be something purely relative, as time; an order of coexistences, as time is an order of successions.”

Quote by Gottfried Leibniz

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Gottfried Leibniz

German mathematician, philosopher, historian, and inventor. Gottfried Leibniz is one of the founders of calculus and has made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy, history, and other fields. more

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“I don't say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese.”

Body Perception Cheese Worms

Book:Leibniz: Philosophical Essays

Source: Leibniz: Philosophical Essays

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“Let there be two possible things, A and B, one of which is such that it is necessary that it exists, and let us assume that there is more perfection in A than in B. Then, at least, we can explain why A should exist rather than B and can foresee which of them will exist; indeed, this can be demonstrated, that is, rendered certain from the nature of the thing.”

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“Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.”

Justice Charity

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“When God works miracles, he does not do it in order to supply the wants of nature, but those of grace. Whoever thinks otherwise, must needs have a very mean notion of the wisdom and power of God.”

Thinking Want Needs Mean Doe Order Grace Miracle Notion Power Of God Very Mean

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“Why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever?”

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“Now, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves.”

World Ideas Reason Choices Universe Found Existence Degrees Perfection Claims Determine Sufficient Proportion Infinity

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration.”

Prove Consideration

Book:Leibniz: Philosophical Essays

Source: Leibniz: Philosophical Essays

“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.”

Ifs Ideas Different Soul Form Clear Species

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted.”

Believe Has Beens Evil Mixtures

Author:Gottfried Leibniz