Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was one of the great thinkers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is known as the last “universal genius” He made deep and important contributions to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, as well as mathematics, physics, geology, jurisprudence, and history
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Biography Facts | Britannica 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 differential and integral calculus independent of Sir Isaac Newton
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 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 his oft-ridiculed thesis that we live in the best of all possible worlds
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - World History Encyclopedia Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a German polymath who became well-known across Europe for his work, particularly in the fields of science, mathematics, and philosophy
Biography of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Philosopher and Mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a prominent German philosopher and mathematician who is known for developing the modern binary system, co-discovering calculus, and his philosophy of optimism, which stated that everything happens for a reason
Gottfried Leibniz (1646 - 1716) - Biography - MacTutor History of . . . 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 philosophy is also important and he invented an early calculating machine
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - Stanford University Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (b 1646, d 1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and logician who is probably most well known for having invented the differential and integral calculus (independently of Sir Isaac Newton)
Gottfried Leibniz - New World Encyclopedia Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also Leibnitz or von Leibniz) (July 1, 1646 - November 14, 1716) was a German polymath, deemed a universal genius in his day and since 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
G. W. Leibniz A website dedicated to the life and works of the German philosopher and mathematician, G W Leibniz