Philosopher · Early modern period · Germany
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646–1716
German polymath, diplomat, and librarian who invented the calculus independently of Newton and built a metaphysics of monads, windowless souls mirroring the universe. He lived 1646 to 1716 and wrote mostly in French and Latin.
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- Born
- 1646, Leipzig, Germany.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Died
- 1716, Hanover, Germany.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- School
- Rationalism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Known for
- Monads, the pre established harmony, the principle of sufficient reason, and the calculus priority dispute with Newton.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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