And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.


Leibniz: philosophical writings (ed. 1965)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Quotes

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.