Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; [a] 1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, …

Dec 17, 2025 · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a logician and distinguished also for his invention of the …

Dec 22, 2007 · The aim of this entry is primarily to introduce Leibniz's life and summarize and explicate his views in the realms of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophical theology.

A polymath and one of the founders of calculus, Leibniz is best known philosophically for his metaphysical idealism; his theory that reality is composed of spiritual, non-interacting “monads,” and …

Jan 26, 2024 · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 to 1716) was a German polymath who became well-known across Europe for his work, particularly in the fields of science, mathematics, and philosophy.

Leibniz was one of the great philosophers of his time. His reflections produced the monad theory whilst his musings on religion found expression in one of his relatively few printed books, the “Theodicy.”

Educated in law and philosophy, and serving as factotum to two major German noble houses, Leibniz played a major role in the European politics and diplomacy of his day. His work touched on nearly …

Jul 1, 2011 · Gottfried Leibniz was a German mathematician who developed the present day notation for the differential and integral calculus though he never thought of the derivative as a limit. His …

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) was a German mathematician and philosopher. Known as a statesman to the general public of his own times and as a mathematician to his scholarly …

Some of the pre-computer age to 19th century computing devices developed and used by man include: Abacus, Napier’s bones Pascal’s calculator Leibniz multiplier Jacquard’s Loom Charles Babbage’s …