Single Idea 2111

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction]

Full Idea

We judge to be false that which involves a contradiction, and true that which is opposed or contradictory to the false.

Gist of Idea

Falsehood involves a contradiction, and truth is contradictory of falsehood

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Monadology [1716], §31)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Parkinson,G.H.R. [Dent 1973], p.184

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