Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics. Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his vast expertise across fields, which became a rarity after his lifetime with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the spread of specialized labour. He is a prominent figure in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Leipzig
- Educated at
- University of AltdorfFriedrich Schiller University Jena
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Christiaan Huygens🎓 Jakob Thomasius🎓 Erhard Weigel🎓 Bartholomäus Leonhard Schwendendörffer
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Christian Wolff📖 Nicolas Malebranche
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Trending topics shown first"The love of God consists in an ardent desire to procure the general welfare, and reason teaches me that there is nothing which contributes more to the general welfare of mankind than the perfection of…"
"Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phantasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were neve…"
"My philosophical views approach somewhat closely those of the late Countess of Conway, and hold a middle position between Plato and Democritus, because I hold that all things take place mechanically a…"
"We never have a full demonstration, although there is always an underlying reason for the truth, even if it is only perfectly understood by God, who alone penetrated the infinite series in one stroke …"
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Timeline
1646
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Birth1716
Died
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