Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a 17th-century German polymath and philosopher who co-invented calculus and made foundational contributions to logic, metaphysics, and mathematics.

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librarian ⓘ
logician ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in law ⓘ
birthDate 1646-07-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
coInventorOf differential calculus ⓘ
infinitesimal calculus ⓘ
integral calculus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1716-11-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
describedBySource 17th-century German polymath and philosopher who co-invented calculus and made foundational contributions to logic, metaphysics, and mathematics ⓘ
developedNotation differential notation dx ⓘ
integral sign ∫ ⓘ
educatedAt University of Altdorf ⓘ
University of Jena ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer House of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
linked to: House of Welf
familyName Leibniz ⓘ
fieldOfWork engineering ⓘ
history ⓘ
law ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
givenName Gottfried ⓘ
influenced Bertrand Russell ⓘ
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel

German idealism ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Scholastic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Scholastic theology

Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
memberOf French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableIdea best of all possible worlds ⓘ
binary number system ⓘ
calculus ⓘ
identity of indiscernibles ⓘ
monadology ⓘ
pre-established harmony ⓘ
principle of non-contradiction ⓘ
principle of sufficient reason ⓘ
notableWork Discourse on Metaphysics ⓘ
Essays on Theodicy ⓘ
linked to: Theodicy

General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths ⓘ
Monadology ⓘ
New Essays on Human Understanding ⓘ
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain ⓘ
Theodicy ⓘ
positionHeld court councillor in Hanover ⓘ
court librarian in Hanover ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ

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