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Ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'I.7 Our deeds are judged by intention' and 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

19401

God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

7696	Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette]

19341

There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz]

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Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz]