His thesis De Principio Individui emphasized the unity of matter and form in individuals. His defense of space as a projection of substances contained
His thesis De Principio Individui emphasized the unity of matter and form in individuals. His defense of space as a projection of substances contained an early idea of relativity. He divided truths into essence and existence and elaborated on truth as a statement in which the predicate is contained in the subject, creating the "principle of sufficient reason" in New Essays on Human Understanding. He claimed that God, defined as "the source of intelligibility," must always make perfect choices, leading to his oft- parodied assertion that we live in "the best of all possible worlds." For ten points, name this philosopher who described monads and feuded with Newton over the invention of calculus.
His thesis De Principio Individui emphasized the unity of matter and form in individuals.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz