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Full Idea
It is the same to look for perfection in an essence and in the properties that flow from an essence.
Gist of Idea
The properties of a thing flow from its essence
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Wolff [1715], 1715.05.18)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Essays', ed/tr. Arlew,R /Garber,D [Hackett 1989], p.233
A Reaction
It is helpful to have Leibniz spelling out his commitment to the traditional view of essence, as that from which the more evident properties flow.
Related Idea
Idea 5057 If you fully understand a subject and its qualities, you see how the second derive from the first [Leibniz]