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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

13182	Changeable accidents are modifications of unchanging essences [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: Everything accidental or changeable ought to be a modification of something essential or perpetual.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Burcher De Volder [1706], 1704.06.30)
	A reaction: Clear evidence that Leibniz is very much a traditional Aristotelian essentialist, and not as modal logicians tend to characterise him, as a super-essentialist who thinks all properties are essential. They are necessary for identity, but that's different.