Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz Research Paper

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in the city of Leipzig. Leipzig lies in the west of The Free State of Saxony, in what was once The Holy Roman Empire, and is now referred to as Germany. Being located at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, Leipzig has always been an important trade city and center for culture and philosophical learning. This being said, most education was restricted to Latin literature, as it was for Gottfried. However, when he was six, Gottfried's father died and left him an immense library. With access to all of this information, Gottfried was enabled to study many mathematical principals that he would have only had access to while in college. Proficient in Latin, but shaky in his knowledge of physics and mathematics, Gottfried enrolled in The University of Leipzig at age fifteen. …show more content…
He went on to publish his first book, On The Art of Combinations, where he used Descartes' Alphabet of Human Thought to explain how all concepts are just combinations of a few simple concepts. Upon its completion, he applied for a doctorate of law and practicing license from the University of Leipzig. They denied his request, and he subsequently left Leipzig for Nürnberg. There, he enrolled in the University of Altdorf, where he received his doctorate of law and was offered a teaching position. He declined the position and went on to his first job as a clerk at an alchemical society. There, he met Johann Christian von Boyneburg, the electoral mayor of Mainz, in Rhineland-Palatinate Germany. Johann took interest in an essay on law that Gottfried had published, and hired him as an Assessor of Court Appeals. He redrafted