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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz@gottfried-leibniz Β· 1714
Why is there something rather than nothing? This is the most fundamental question in philosophy, and the most generally evaded. If the answer is God, then we must explain why there is a God rather than nothing. If the answer is necessity, we must explain what makes anything necessary.
β Leibniz, Principles of Nature and Grace (1714), Β§7; On the Ultimate Origination of Things (1697)
17th Century