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[from 'Real Essentialism' by David S. Oderberg, in 9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law ]

Full Idea

Leibniz's Law is an essentialist truth.

Gist of Idea

Leibniz's Law is an essentialist truth

Source

David S. Oderberg (Real Essentialism [2007], 1.1)

Book Reference

Oderberg,David S.: 'Real Essentialism' [Routledge 2009], p.5


A Reaction

That is, if two things must have identical properties because they are the same thing, this is because those properties are essential to the thing. Otherwise two things could be the same, even though one of them lacked a non-identifying property.