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[from 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld' by Gottfried Leibniz, in 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles ]

Full Idea

Everything, even miracles, belongs to order.

Gist of Idea

Everything, even miracles, belongs to order

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1686.07.4/14 X)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence', ed/tr. Mason,HT/Parkinson,GHR [Manchester UP 1967], p.57


A Reaction

This is very reminiscent of Plato, for whom there was no more deeply held belief than that the cosmos is essentially orderly. Coincidences are a nice problem, if they are events with no cause.