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Episode #037 ... Leibniz pt. 1 - A Million Points of Light

Philosophize This!

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Leibnitz's Principles on Cancer

Philosopher Leibnitz says that whenever something is true, it is either a truth of reasoning or a truth of fact. A necessary truth is a truth that needs to be true because there is no possible way that it can't be true. To suggest anything otherwise would be a contradiction based on the nition of the thing itself. For example, if i say pentagons have five sides, that is a necessary truth. It's not about like a triangle or something. We can see what they're talking about when they say necessary truths.

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