Quotations by Leibniz

In every true affirmative proposition the predicate is contained in the subject: praedicatum inest subjecto.

• On Nature of truth, their position: Coherence60%

It follows from the supreme perfection of God that in producing the universe he chose the best possible plan.

• On Tonality of reality, their position: Metaphysical optimism100%

Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself.

• On Source of knowledge, their position: Rationalism93%

Reasons incline without necessitating.

• On Freedom of the will, their position: Compatibilism

Supposing there were a machine whose structure made it think... on visiting it one would find only parts pushing one another, and never anything to explain a perception.

• On Wholes and parts, their position: Emergentism78%

The monads have no windows through which anything could enter or leave.

• On Nature of reality, their position: Idealism85%

When a controversy arises, there will be no more need of disputation between two philosophers than between two accountants. It will suffice to take their pens, sit down, and say: let us calculate.

• On Relation to certainty, their position: Dogmatism95%