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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Quotes

Biography: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is known for his contributions to calculus i... more Biography: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is known for his contributions to calculus independent of Isaac Newton. A polymath born in 1646 in Leipzig, Germany, he made advances in mathematics, philosophy, and engineering. His works include developing the binary number system and theoretical foundations of computers. less

"The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity but also of variety."

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"To be is to be perceived or to perceive."

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"Each substance is a world apart, independent of everything else except for God."

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"The world is the effect of diversification."

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"To perfect oneself is as much as to perfect a part of society."

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"Why is there something rather than nothing?"

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"Take what you need from your life's journey."

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"The actual is the possible in so far as it is determined."

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"The monads are the true atoms of nature."

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"The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe."

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"This is the best of all possible worlds."

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"He who has not early sown in his mind the seeds of truth will hear many things that will seem true but are false and will thereby incur grave damage."

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"There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact."

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"Nature never makes leaps."

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"I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity."

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