“And as every present state of a simple substance is naturally a consequence of its preceding state, so its present is pregnant with its future.”

— Gottfried Leibniz

Et comme tout présent état d'une substance simple est naturellement une suite de son état précédent, tellement, que le présent y est gros de l'avenir.
La monadologie (22).
The Monadology (1714)

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