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Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion more interesting than the inventions themselves.

Gottfried Leibniz

Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited.
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Follow God Limitation Perfection Positive Reality
It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind’s labour.
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Discover Labour Mindset Wonderful Worth
Nature does not make leaps.
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Leap Nature
There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance.
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Appearance Chaos Confusion Death Save Universe Wasted
To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.
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Finding Happiness Love Pleasure
There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact.
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Fact Kind Reason Truth
A great doctor kills more people than a great general.
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Doctor Greatness Kill People
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.
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Invention Knowledge Need Resemble Service
One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms.
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Dictionary Explanation Present Science
To love is to place happiness in the heart of another.
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Happiness Heart Love Place
The most perfect society is that whose purpose is the universal and supreme happiness.
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Happiness Perfection Purpose Society Universe
Every substance is as a world apart, independent of everything else except God.
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Exception God Independent Substance World
There is nothing without a reason.
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Philosophy Reason
Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can’t see anything.
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Complaint Philosophy Yourself
I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly said, I hold that Nature makes frequent use of it everywhere, in order to show more effectively the perfections of its Author.
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Author Infinite Nature Order Perfection
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
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Future Past Pregnant Present

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