Christian Wolff Quotes
Christian Wolff was a German philosopher, mathematician, and the most influential continental rationalist between Leibniz and Kant. He developed a vast, systematic philosophy in German and in Latin organized around the principle of sufficient reason, distinguishing empirical and rational psychology, theology, ontology, and cosmology in a way that long shaped the curriculum of the German universities. The quotes below are attributed to Christian Wolff, organized by topic.
Christian Wolff on Knowledge
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Attributed to Christian Wolff:
“Philosophy is the science of all possible things insofar as they can be.”
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Attributed to Christian Wolff:
“Mathematics is the model of all genuine science.”
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Attributed to Christian Wolff:
“We must distinguish in order to unite.”
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Attributed to Christian Wolff:
“Reason and experience together yield the certainty of natural philosophy.”
Christian Wolff on Truth
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Attributed to Christian Wolff:
“Nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being so rather than otherwise.”