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- noun German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
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Apres cela je n'ai pas besoin de rien prouver a moins qu'on ne veuille exiger que je prouve que Dieu est assez habile pout se servir de cette artifice, "&c. -- leibnitz Opera, p. 133.
Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856
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