Leibnitzian
Americanadjective
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All this is doled out as solemnly as a lantern-slide lecture in German philosophy, with the actors uneasily unsure whether they are really U.S. dirt farmers, by cracky, or Leibnitzian particles in a transcendental ether.
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The occasionalistic theory certainly constitutes the preliminary step to the Leibnitzian; but an essential difference separates the two.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
The former distinguishes between ratio essendi and ratio cognoscendi, rejects the ontological argument, and defends determinism against Crusius on Leibnitzian grounds.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
The new exposition of the Leibnitzian monadology by Ed.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
In the Leibnitzian theodicy the least satisfactory part is the justification of moral evil.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
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