Quote#Science & Reason
The love of God consists in an ardent desire to procure the general…
Quote byGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1646–1716
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Closing sentence of the Preface to the general science (1677) (in P. Wiener (ed.), Leibniz Selections, Macmilland Press Ltd, 1951)..
English (original)
The love of God consists in an ardent desire to procure the general welfare, and reason teaches me that there is nothing which contributes more to the general welfare of mankind than the perfection of reason.
— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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