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Leibnizian

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Adj.1.Leibnizian - of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
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MJQ: In other words, James understood that the prevailing self-image of philosophy -- as the discipline that supplies, in Leibnizian fashion, the bedrock, universally necessary "truths of reason" -- is deceptive, and that any attempt to prove God's existence and nature in that fashion will not work.
Stanley Hauerwas: An interview by Quirk, Michael J. / Cross Currents
In the concluding essay Patrick Riley concentrates on the way in which Voltaire and Diderot took issue with Leibnizian optimism in their campaign for toleration.
Early Modern Skepticism and the Origins of Toleration by SALMON, J.H.M. / Renaissance Quarterly
So each blob represents utter self-containment yet reflects and is reflected by the others - forming something like a society of Leibnizian monads.
KARIN DAVIE by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
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