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In philosophy, Leibniz disagreed with [[Descartes]]' "I think therefore 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 [[soul]]s 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 therefore 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 [[soul]]s 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 coordinate]]s.  Leibniz held the view that [[light]] always travelled the path of least resistance.

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 [[Aristotle]] 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 [[Aristotle]] of the Scholastics, or even the earlier [[Greek]] philosopher [[Aristotle]].