Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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diplomat historian human jurist librarian logician mathematician philosopher polymath theologian

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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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 Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
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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 Welf ⓘ
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mathematics ⓘ
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fullName Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz self-link ⓘ
givenName Gottfried ⓘ
influenced Bertrand Russell ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
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German idealism ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form: Scholastic philosophy

St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Theodicy ⓘ
surface form: Essays on Theodicy

General Investigations on the Analysis of Notions and Truths ⓘ
Monadology ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
surface form: 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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Enlightenment rationalism → associatedWith → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
identity of indiscernibles → associatedWith → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Discourse on Metaphysics → author → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Monadology → author → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain → author → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Theodicy → author → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Caroline of Ansbach → closeAssociate → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Henry Oldenburg → correspondedWith → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Newtonian absolute space → criticizedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Caroline of Ansbach → educatedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → familyName → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leibniz
Prussian Academy of Sciences → foundedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → fullName → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz self-link ⓘ
Enlightenment science → hasKeyFigure → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Western philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Scientific Revolution → hasParticipant → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Antoine Arnauld → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Baruch Spinoza → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Blaise Pascal → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Ethics → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethics (Spinoza)
Francisco Suárez → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leibniz
Geometry → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
subject surface form: Geometry (Descartes)
Nicolas Malebranche → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Port-Royal Logic → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
René Descartes → influenced → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Alfred North Whitehead → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Christian Wolff → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Ernst Cassirer → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leibniz
George Boole → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
German idealism → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottlob Frege → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
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Immanuel Kant → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Jean d’Alembert → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottfried → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
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Moses Mendelssohn → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
On the Conservation of Force → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Marquise du Châtelet → influencedBy → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
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Cartesianism → influencedPhilosopher → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Cartesian Linguistics → mentionsPhilosopher → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize → namedAfter → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Leibniz Association → namedAfter → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Leibniz University Hannover → namedAfter → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
University of Leipzig → notableAlumnus → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover → notableFriend → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ