ABSTRACT
It is generally agreed that Leibniz was one of the greatest theoretical minds of all time. Leibniz, the mathematician, invented the differential and integral calculus; Leibniz, the logician, invented mathematical logic; Leibniz, the physicist, developed the relational notions of space and time, and was thus a precursor to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity; and finally, Leibniz, the metaphysician, invented the monadology. (Besides all this, Leibniz was a practical inventor, a geologist, an historian, a diplomat, a librarian, a lawyer and a few other things). 1 It is clear that Leibniz was not only one of the greatest technical minds, but also one of the greatest intuitive minds (he must have been, otherwise he couldn’t have done all the things he did).
