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1714 · The Monadology and Other Philosophical Writings, Principles of Nature and Grace, §7

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — Principles of Nature and Grace, §7

“Why does something exist rather than nothing? For 'nothing' is simpler and easier than 'something.'”

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