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[filed under theme 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason ]

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