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Georg Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) is famously known for advancing a particular version of the cosmological argument with Samuel Clarke (1675–1729) reaffirming. The Leibnizian version has five premises. Its main focus is on "sufficient reason"<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/ Cosmological Argument] By Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. First published Tue Jul 13, 2004; substantive revision Thu Sep 11, 2008</ref> to a greater degree than other versions. Contingencies and necessary beings make up his discourse. This leads to the fact that there must be something outside of the universe of contingencies | Georg Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) is famously known for advancing a particular version of the cosmological argument with Samuel Clarke (1675–1729) reaffirming. The Leibnizian version has five premises. Its main focus is on "sufficient reason"<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/ Cosmological Argument] By Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. First published Tue Jul 13, 2004; substantive revision Thu Sep 11, 2008</ref> to a greater degree than other versions. Contingencies and necessary beings make up his discourse. This leads to the fact that there must be something outside of the universe of contingencies, and thus explains those contingencies. It has to in of itself be non-contingent and so is the necessary being God. | ||
The Leibnizian cosmological argument states; | The Leibnizian cosmological argument states; | ||
