I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is actual in nature.
— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Early Modern

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From 'Meditations on Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas'.

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1684

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