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It's a matter of the past - the name is Leibniz
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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]].
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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.
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An ugly dispute developed between Newton and Leibniz over who discovered calculus first.  Most British historians gave the credit to Newton, while the continental historians credited Leibniz. Both deserve credit, but modern calculus descends more from Leibniz because Newton largely kept his early work secret.
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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