Principle of Sufficient Reason/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Principle of Sufficient Reason
The Principle of Sufficient Reason was the main philosophical starting point of Leibniz.
He made this statement in article $32$ of his $1714$ work Monadologie:
- [N]o fact can be real or existent, no statement true, unless there be a sufficient reason why it is so and not otherwise, although usually these reasons cannot be known to us.
Sources
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.19$: Leibniz ($\text {1646}$ – $\text {1716}$)