Why Is There Anything At All Rather

To Love Is To Find Pleasure In The Happiness Of Others.

Nihil Est Sine Ratione. There Is Nothing Without A Reason.

There Is No Way In Which A Simple Substance Could Begin In The Course Of Nature, Since It Cannot Be Formed By Means Of Compounding.

There Are Also Two Kinds Of Truths, Those Of Reasoning And Those Of Fact. Truths Of Reasoning Are Necessary And Their Opposite Is Impossible, And Those Of Fact Are Contingent And Their Opposite Is Possible. When A Truth Is Necessary Its Reason Can Be Found By Analysis, Resolving It Into More Simple Ideas And Truths Until We Reach Those Which Are Primitive.

I Have Seen Something Of The Project Of M. De St. Pierre, For Maintaining A Perpetual Peace In Europe. I Am Reminded Of A Device In A Cemetery, With The Words: Pax Perpetua ; For The Dead Do Not Fight Any Longer: But The Living Are Of Another Humor; And The Most Powerful Do Not Respect Tribunals At All.