Q0433

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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English

Nothing is without a reason.
Thinker Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
School Rationalism
Source Monadology §§31–32
Theme Reason
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Source context

This English passage is associated with Monadology §§31–32, within the tradition of Rationalism. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of reason, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. (n.d.). Nothing is without a reason. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0433

MLA: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. “Nothing is without a reason..” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0433.

Chicago: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. “Nothing is without a reason..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0433.

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  1. Let us not become haters of argument — that is a great danger to the soul.
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  3. Therefore death is nothing to us, and does not concern us at all.
  4. Faith seeking understanding.
  5. Plurality should not be posited without necessity.

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