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Gottfried Leibniz distinguished between two kinds of true propositions:  the truths of reason and the truths of fact. The truths of reason are a priori, while the truths of fact are empiric. The truths of reason are absolutely true and necessary, unlike the truths of fact, which are circumstantial. Finally, the truths of reason are based on the law of noncontradiction and the law of identity, while the truths of fact are based on the law of sufficient reason, first formulated by Leibniz himself. The laws of logic, mathematical axioms, and fundamental moral principles are truths of reason, while true existential statements are truths of fact.

Truths of reason	Truths of fact
a priori	empiric
true and necessary	circumstantial
based on the laws of identity and noncontradiction	based on the law of sufficient reason