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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

12779	There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: There is a reason why not every possible thing exists.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Des Bosses [1715], 1716.05.29)
	A reaction: This is the kind of wonderful speculative metaphysical remark that we are not allowed to make any more. Needless to say, he doesn't tell us what the reason is. Overcrowding, perhaps.