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Single Idea 2098
[filed under theme 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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Full Idea
In order to proceed from mathematics to physics the principle of sufficient reason is necessary, that nothing happens without there being a reason why it should be thus rather than otherwise.
Gist of Idea
The principle of sufficient reason is needed if we are to proceed from maths to physics
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Samuel Clarke [1716], §2)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Parkinson,G.H.R. [Dent 1973], p.207
The
15 ideas
from 'Letters to Samuel Clarke'
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22894
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If time were absolute that would make God's existence dependent on it
[Leibniz, by Bardon]
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2099
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The existence of God, and all metaphysics, follows from the Principle of Sufficient Reason
[Leibniz]
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2098
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The principle of sufficient reason is needed if we are to proceed from maths to physics
[Leibniz]
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3646
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There is always a reason why things are thus rather than otherwise
[Leibniz]
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2100
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Space and time are purely relative
[Leibniz]
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2101
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If everything in the universe happened a year earlier, there would be no discernible difference
[Leibniz]
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2102
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Atomism is irrational because it suggests that two atoms can be indistinguishable
[Leibniz]
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2103
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The idea that the universe could be moved forward with no other change is just a fantasy
[Leibniz]
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2104
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No reason could limit the quantity of matter, so there is no limit
[Leibniz]
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2105
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Things are infinitely subdivisible and contain new worlds, which atoms would make impossible
[Leibniz]
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2106
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The only simple things are monads, with no parts or extension
[Leibniz]
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2107
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No time exists except instants, and instants are not even a part of time, so time does not exist
[Leibniz]
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20965
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Leibniz upheld conservations of momentum and energy
[Leibniz, by Papineau]
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21346
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The ratio between two lines can't be a feature of one, and cannot be in both
[Leibniz]
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19385
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All simply substances are in harmony, because they all represent the one universe
[Leibniz]
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