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Leibniz

Leibniz

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A German philosopher and mathematician who explained reality as many simple parts called monads and helped develop calculus
  • proper noun
  • /ˈlaɪbnɪts/
: Leibniz
  • The present article has attempted to reconstruct and interpret Leibniz's monadic metaphysics by modern formal means.
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  • Leibniz claims
  • Leibniz's philosophy

We see Descartes and Leibniz making statements like this about sensibility.

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Examples

  • And along came Leibniz and Isaac Newton and they produced calculus.

    Numberphile

  • What we have in mind is the distinction that Leibniz frequently draws between 'perception' and 'apperception.'

    Academic text (1998)

  • One should add that this view is not one that Leibniz held only in his youth.

    Academic text (1998)

  • If anything, the antagonism and competition between Newton and Leibniz made them great.

    Academic text (2011)

  • For it is here that Leibniz presents the most well-known version of his "mill argument."

    Academic text (1998)

  • Among the difficulties that particularly concerned Leibniz was that of conceiving how immortality was possible.

    Academic text (1998)

  • However, an attempt has been made to remain as close as possible to Leibniz's explicitly formulated metaphysical claims.

    Academic text (1998)

  • We cannot understand this puzzling task without considering Leibniz's view on organisms or corporeal substances.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Gottfried Leibniz was a pivotal figure in the history of philosophy and mathematics.

  • The contributions of Leibniz to calculus are often compared to those of Isaac Newton.

Synonyms

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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A German thinker and mathematician known for creating calculus and proposing monads

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Etymology

Leibniz is a German family name that likely comes from the old German root Leib meaning 'body'. A helpful way to remember the philosopher Leibniz is to imagine him asking what makes up the 'body' of reality, since he wrote about the basic units of being (monads).