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19404 | Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
Full Idea: The principle of contradiction is the principle of necessity, and the principle that a sufficient reason must be given is the principle of contingency. | |
From: Gottfried Leibniz (On Sufficient Reason [1686], p.95) | |
A reaction: [this paragraph is actually undated] Contradictions occur in concrete actuality, as well as in theories and formal systems. If so, then there are necessities in nature. Are they discoverable a posteriori? Leibniz says not. |