Gottfried Wilhеlm (vоn) Lеibniz (1 Julу 1646 [O.S. 21 Junе] – Nоvеmbеr 14, 1716) wаѕ a Gеrmаn polymath and рhilоѕорhеr.
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Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.
Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.
Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.
There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works.
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. Gottfried Wilhelm 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.
There are two famous labyrinths where our reason very often goes astray. One concerns the great question of the free and the necessary, above all in the production and the origin of Evil. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
There are two famous labyrinths where our reason very often goes astray. One concerns the great question of the free and the necessary, above all in the production and the origin of Evil.
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God.
If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely.
The other consists in the discussion of continuity, and of the indivisibles which appear to be the elements thereof, and where the consideration of the infinite must enter in. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The other consists in the discussion of continuity, and of the indivisibles which appear to be the elements thereof, and where the consideration of the infinite must enter in.
The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe. The Monadology. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe. The Monadology.
When a truth is necessary, reason can be found by analysis, resolving it into more simple ideas and truths, until we come to those which are primary. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
When a truth is necessary, reason can be found by analysis, resolving it into more simple ideas and truths, until we come to those which are primary.
