Leibnitzian


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Adj. 1. Leibnitzian - of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
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One of the many metaphors they use to distinguish these two ways of thinking from each other is that of the nomad: the free wanderer that knows no bounds, is not contained by an interiority, and finds its identity in difference; versus the monad (a neat shift in consonants): a Leibnitzian term to describe an indivisible, indestructible unit.
Urban discourses and neural networks: the relevance of Deleuzian characteristics of group for neurons/brains and bodies/cities
"The Leibnitzian optimism which Voltaire wrote his story to ridicule has the final word," McGregor argues.
Candide's Pangloss: Voltaire's tragicomic hero
And to say that must imply either a transcendent, Newtonian God of Nature or an immanent, Leibnitzian God in Nature (Heimann 1978).
Economics as theology: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

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