The Past Is Pregnant With The Present.

For Since It Is Impossible For A Created Monad To Have A Physical Influence On The Inner Nature Of Another, This Is The Only Way In Which One Can Be Dependent On Another.

Let There Be Two Possible Things, A And B, One Of Which Is Such That It Is Necessary That It Exists, And Let Us Assume That There Is More Perfection In A Than In B. Then, At Least, We Can Explain Why A Should Exist Rather Than B And Can Foresee Which Of Them Will Exist; Indeed, This Can Be Demonstrated, That Is, Rendered Certain From The Nature Of The Thing.

Nothing Is Necessitated Whose Opposite Is Possible.

God's Relation To Spirits Is Not Like That Of A Craftsman To His Work, But Also Like That Of A Prince To His Subjects.

Nature Does Not Make Leaps.