principle of sufficient reason

principle that everything must have a reason or a cause
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Summary

principle of sufficient reason is a cosmological argument[1]. It draws 2,143 Wikipedia views per month (cosmological_argument category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • principle of sufficient reason is credited with the discovery of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz[3].
  • principle of sufficient reason's instance of is recorded as cosmological argument[4].
  • principle of sufficient reason is a type of principle[5].
  • principle of sufficient reason's P14541 is recorded as dJZNE[6].

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Definition and Type

principle of sufficient reason's instance of is recorded as cosmological argument[4]. It is a type of principle[5].

Why It Matters

principle of sufficient reason draws 2,143 Wikipedia views per month (cosmological_argument category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sufficient-reason
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sufficient-reason, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958696|sufficient reason (#289958696)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → dJZNE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
    Instance of → cosmological argument
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007543847305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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