I hold that the mark of a g... by Gottfried Leibniz, a German Philosopher

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“I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.”

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Gottfried Leibniz

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Name: Gottfried Leibniz

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: Jul 1, 1646

Date of Death: Nov 14, 1716

Profession: Philosopher

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I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.

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

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Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

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It follows from what we have just said, that the natural changes of monads come from an internal principle, since an external cause would be unable to influence their inner being.

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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.

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