Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz(Q9047) is a mathematician and philosopher, who has been credited in the invention of Calculus and Monadology.

Famous Quote

Sans les math´ematiques on ne p´en`etre point au fond de la philosophie.
Sans la philosophie on ne p´en`etre point au fond des math´ematiques.
Sans les deux on ne p´en`etre au fond de rien.
Without mathematics we cannot penetrate deeply into philosophy.
Without philosophy we cannot penetrate deeply into mathematics.
Without both we cannot penetrate deeply into anything.   
- Excerpts of this translation come from Meta Math! by Gregory Chaitin