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13002 | It is always good to reduce the number of axioms [Leibniz] |
Full Idea: To reduce the number of axioms is always something gained. | |
From: Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 4.06) | |
A reaction: This is rather revealing about the nature of axioms. They don't have any huge metaphysical status - in fact one might say that their status is epistemological, or even pedagogic. They enable us to get out minds round things. |