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Single Idea 19434

[from 'Letters to Coste' by Gottfried Leibniz, in 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds ]

Full Idea

There will perhaps be a world in which dogs will have sufficiently good noses to scent their game at a thousand leagues.

Gist of Idea

There may be a world where dogs smell their game at a thousand leagues

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Coste [1707], 1707)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.484


A Reaction

Wonderful. This should immediately replace Lewis's much repeated example of a world containing a talking donkey. We should always honour the first person to suggest an idea. That is one of the motivations for this collection of ideas.