A part of life perishes every time an hour is squandered.

— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), Philosoph

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) war ein deutscher Philosoph, Mathematiker und Universalgelehrter der frühen Neuzeit, der vor allem in Hannover wirkte. Bekannt ist er für die Entwicklung des Dualsystems und der Infinitesimalrechnung sowie für seine philosophische Verteidigung der Schöpfung als „beste aller möglichen Welten“. Für Bibelleser bleibt er vor allem als Begründer der modernen Theodizee-Debatte relevant, die das Spannungsfeld zwischen dem biblischen Gottesbild und dem realen Leid in der Welt rational zu erklären suchte.

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