Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof. Gottfried Leibniz axiomdefinitionfinally Change image and share on social
I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity. Gottfried Leibniz conceivegenuinereality Change image and share on social
But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only. Gottfried Leibniz idealinfluencemonad Change image and share on social
This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God. Gottfried Leibniz calldifferentiationeminently Change image and share on social
There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. Gottfried Leibniz contingentfactimpossible share on social
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general. Gottfried Leibniz activitybareconceive Change image and share on social
Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, which are precisely alike, and in which it is not possible to find some difference which is internal, or based on some intrinsic quality. Gottfried Leibniz alikebasebeing share on social
For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another. Gottfried Leibniz createdependentimpossible Change image and share on social
