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In philosophy, Leibniz disagreed with Descartes' "I think there for I am" and instead Leibniz thought that neither form alone (the mind) or matter alone (the body) could explain the existence of an individual.  Instead, Leibniz created a philosophy known as "monadology", which holds that souls are all there are in the universe.  Even a table, according to Leibniz, is nothing other than a collection of "windowless monads" which cannot interact.  This doctrine of non-interacting souls is abhorrent to traditional Christianity.

In philosophy, Leibniz disagreed with Descartes' "I think there for I am" and instead Leibniz thought that neither form alone (the mind) or matter alone (the body) could explain the existence of an individual.  Instead, Leibniz created a philosophy known as "monadology", which holds that souls are all there are in the universe.  Even a table, according to Leibniz, is nothing other than a collection of "windowless monads" which cannot interact.  This doctrine of non-interacting souls is abhorrent to traditional Christianity.

In physics, Leibniz proposed the use of "dynamics" or kinetic energy to explain motion, rather than "mechanics" that is based on Cartesian coordinates.  Leibniz also held the hopelessly mistaken view that light always travelled the path of least resistance and that the universe could be explained based on that principle, rather than being based on creation by God Almighty.

In physics, Leibniz proposed the use of "dynamics" or kinetic energy to explain motion, rather than "mechanics" that is based on Cartesian coordinates.  Leibniz held the view that light always travelled the path of least resistance.

Leibniz was a Lutheran who dreamed of reuniting it with the Roman Catholic Church, and also of reconciling modern thinkers like [[Hobbes]] and [[Descartes]] with the [[Aristole]] of the [[Scholastics]], or even the earlier [[Greek]] philosopher [[Aristotle]].

Leibniz was a Lutheran who dreamed of reuniting it with the Roman Catholic Church, and also of reconciling modern thinkers like [[Hobbes]] and [[Descartes]] with the [[Aristole]] of the [[Scholastics]], or even the earlier [[Greek]] philosopher [[Aristotle]].