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| 2116 | The concept of an existing thing must contain more than the concept of a non-existing thing |
| Full Idea: There must be more in the concept of a thing which exists than in that of one which does not exist. | |||
| From: Gottfried Leibniz (On the Principles of Indiscernibles [1696], p.134) |