This philosopher argued that seeing chaos or confusion in the universe was like seeing a school of fish in a pond without distinguishing the individual fish.
This philosopher argued that seeing chaos or confusion in the universe was like seeing a school of fish in a pond without distinguishing the individual fish. The treatise Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy by Anne Conway is best remembered for influencing this philosopher's thought. This philosopher argued in favor of relational space against absolute space in a lengthy correspondence with Samuel (*) Clarke. He solved the mind-body problem by saying that things only appear to interact due to God's pre-established harmony. He posited that the universe is made up of "windowless" simple substances that do not affect each other. For 10 points, name this author of the Monadology, who developed calculus independently from Isaac Newton.
This philosopher argued that seeing chaos or confusion in the universe was like seeing a school of fish in a pond without distinguishing the individual fish.
Gottfried Leibniz [or Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz] 