There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.
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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.Gottfried Leibniz
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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Now where there are no parts, there neither extension, nor shape, nor divisibility is possible. And these monads are the true atoms of nature and, in a word, the elements of things.
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It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.
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I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity.
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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.
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