Thus God alone is the primary Unity, or original simple substance, from which all monads, created and derived, are produced.
GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZThere is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.
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He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.
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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.
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It’s easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
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Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.
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The words ‘Here you can find perfect peace’ can be written only over the gates of a cemetery.
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There is nothing without reason.
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Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth.
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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.
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It has long seemed ridiculous to me to suppose that the nature of things has been so poor and stingy that it provided souls only to such a trifling mass of bodies on our globe, like human bodies, when it could have given them to all, without interfering with its other ends.
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There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact.
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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.
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A great doctor kills more people than a great general.
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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.
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Nothing is necessitated whose opposite is possible.
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I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration.
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