Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Peter Geach, Hesiod and Gottfried Leibniz
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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What is not truly one being is not truly a being either [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)
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The idea of being must come from our own existence [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]
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God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]
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Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette]
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There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz]
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Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz]
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First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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What is not active is nothing [Leibniz]
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