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One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Born:
July 1, 1646
Died:
November 14, 1716
(aged 70)
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