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 LEIBNIZNothing is accomplished all at once, and it is one of my great maxims, and one of the most completely verified, that Nature makes no leaps: a maxim which I have called the law of continuity.
More Gottfried Leibniz Quotes
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Our reasonings are grounded upon two great principles, that of contradiction, in virtue of which we judge false that which involves a contradiction, and true that which is opposed or contradictory to the false.
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Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.
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The past is pregnant with the present.
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There is nothing without a reason.
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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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Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.
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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.
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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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Everything that is possible demands to exist.
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Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can’t see anything.
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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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It’s easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
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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.
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Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.
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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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