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Single Idea 22894
[filed under theme 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time
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Full Idea
Leibniz argues that if time is a thing in itself, and God is 'in' time, then God would be dependent for His existence on the existence of time.
Gist of Idea
If time were absolute that would make God's existence dependent on it
Source
report of Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Samuel Clarke [1716]) by Adrian Bardon - Brief History of the Philosophy of Time 3 'Newton'
Book Ref
Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.57
A Reaction
Hence Leibniz says time is merely relations between events. Not sure what he thinks an event is. What is God made of? Is there some divine matter upon which God's existence must depend?
The
15 ideas
from 'Letters to Samuel Clarke'
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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