It was towards the end of the 17th century, the philosopher Leibniz who asked it, a very smart guy, Leibniz, who invented the calculus independently of Isaac Newton, at about the same time, but for Leibniz, who asked why is there something rather than nothing, this was not a great mystery.
Det var hen imod slutningen af det 17. århundrede, filosoffen Leibniz som stillede det, en meget smart fyr, Leibniz, som opfandt calculus uafhængigt af Isaac Newton på omtrent samme tid, men for Leibniz, som spurgte  hvorfor der er noget fremfor intet, var dette ikke et stort mysterie.