Taking mathematics from the beginning of the world to the time when Newton lived, what he had done was much the better half.
Gottfried LeibnizI don't say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese.
Gottfried LeibnizGod's relation to spirits is not like that of a craftsman to his work, but also like that of a prince to his subjects.
Gottfried LeibnizTo love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.
Gottfried LeibnizNow, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves.
Gottfried Leibniz