Gottfried+Leibniz

-German -1646-1716 -Mathematician -Lutheran -Taught himself Latin -Built a calculator
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 * A brief biography which includes dates and geography**

-“The universe is made up of an infinite number of substances called monads (__A Young Person’s Guide to Philosophy)__” -God set into motion these monads -This world is just one of an infinite number of worlds -God is the perfect being -“All simple substances or Monads might be called Entelechies, for they have in them a certain perfection and a certain self-sufficiency.”
 * A clear, concise explanation of the major contributions of your philosopher, that is key teachings and ideas.**

__Synthetic versus Analytical Statements -- Truths Belong to Two Logical Types:__
“My next door neighbors consist of a red-haired man and his fat wife.” I would need to talk to my neighbor, or see my neighbor in order to verify if the statement is true or false. This connects with Empiricism, the belief that our senses lead us to truth be seeing the "empirical" evidence.
 * Synthetic:** If a statement needs outside investigation to determine its truth, it is a synthetic statement

“My next door neighbors consist of a bachelor and his fat wife.” The statement is known to be false because of what is inside the statement. A bachelor does not have a wife. Mathematics and logic are all analytical, self contained. This connects with Rationalism, the belief that truth is found through the use of sound, logical reasoning.
 * Analytic:** A statement that can be determined as true or false by analyzing what is said is considered an analytic statement

1684 Meditations on Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas 1686 Discourse on Metaphysics 1706f Correspondence with Des Bosses 1710 Theodicy 1714 Monadology
 * Key works (titles)”**

-Rationalist
 * School of philosophy with which the philosopher is associated (if any).**

"…the soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe" -Was influenced by scholasticism and Aristotle -Calculus
 * Famous, telling quotations attributed to your philosopher.**
 * Connections with philosophers and philosophical ideas we have studied previously (looks back).**
 * Influence (looks forward)**