Single Idea 3646

[catalogued under 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason]

Full Idea

Nothing happens without a sufficient reason why it should be thus rather than otherwise.

Gist of Idea

There is always a reason why things are thus rather than otherwise

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Samuel Clarke [1716], 3.2)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Parkinson,G.H.R. [Dent 1973], p.211

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