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Single Idea 12954

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature]

Full Idea

God is the source of possibilities and of existents alike, the one by his essence and the other by his will.

Gist of Idea

God's essence is the source of possibilities, and his will the source of existents

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 2.15)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'New Essays on Human Understanding', ed/tr. Remnant/Bennett [CUP 1996], p.155


A Reaction

Every now and then I rebel against metaphysics, and think 'how do these people know all this great things about which they make these dogmatic claims?' And this is one of those occasions. I get the idea, though...