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Although the world is not perfect, it is yet the best that is possible. Finally, under this perfect government, there will be no good action unrewarded and no evil action unpunished; everything must turn out for the wellbeing of the good. There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible. A great doctor kills more people than a great general. Justice consists in that which is pleasing to most powerful.
Although the world is not perfect, it is yet the best that is possible. Finally, under this perfect government, there will be no good action unrewarded and no evil action unpunished; everything must turn out for the wellbeing of the good. There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible. A great doctor kills more people than a great general. Justice consists in that which is pleasing to most powerful.
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- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
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Supplied reference B; unit 1032; PDF page 101; printed attribution: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
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