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10056 | At bottom eternal truths are all conditional [Leibniz] |
Full Idea: At bottom eternal truths are all conditional, saying 'granted such a thing, such another thing is'. | |
From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 4.11.14), quoted by Alan Musgrave - Logicism Revisited §4 | |
A reaction: Thus showing Leibniz to have sympathy with the if-thenist view. He cites geometry as his illustration. |