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Gottfried Leibniz

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Biography - Gottfried Leibniz:

German polymath and philosopher.
Born: 1646 - Died: 1716
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Everything is ordered in things once and for all, with as much order and agreement as possible.
Gottfried Leibniz - Principes de la nature et de la grâce


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"Everything is ordered in things once and for all, with as much order and agreement as possible, since supreme wisdom and goodness can only act with perfect harmony."


Quote source: Principes de la nature et de la grâce

Wikisource - Œuvres philosophiques de Leibniz (fr) 



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Tout est réglé dans les choses une fois pour toutes avec autant d’ordre et de correspondance qu’il est possible.
Gottfried Leibniz - Principes de la nature et de la grâce

German
In den Dingen ist nämlich alles ein für allemal mit so viel Ordnung und Übereinstimmung geregelt, als möglich ist.
Gottfried Leibniz - Die Vernunftprinzipien der Natur und der Gnade



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To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.
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The present is big with the future; the future could be read in the past; the distant is expressed in the near.
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Everything that is possible demands to exist.
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So far we have just spoken as simple physicists; now we must rise to metaphysics, by making use of the great principle, little used, commonly, that nothing takes place without sufficient reason, that is, that nothing happens without it being possible for someone who knows enough things to give a reason sufficient to determine why it is so and not otherwise.
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