Full Idea
God is the source of possibilities and consequently of ideas.
Gist of Idea
God produces possibilities, and thus ideas
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Remond de Montmort [1715], 1715 §8)
Book Reference
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.557
A Reaction
A wonderfully individual conception of the nature of God. He produces the possibilities from which creation is chosen, and ideas and concepts are of everything which is non-contradictory, and thus possible. It all makes lovely sense!
Related Ideas
Idea 19427 True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz]
Idea 21468 The Creator created the possibilities for worlds, so should have made a better one than this possible [Schopenhauer]