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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]].

An ugly dispute developed between Newton and Leibniz over who discovered calculus first.  Most English-speaking historians give the credit to Newton but bias may play a role in that.  The world certainly benefited immensely from Leibniz as well as Newton.

An ugly dispute developed between Newton and Leibniz over who discovered calculus first.  Most British historians give the credit to Newton, while the German historians credit Leibnitz. Both deserve credit, but modern calculus descends more from Leibnitz because Newton largely kept his early work secret.

== See also ==

== See also ==