The Man. PAGE His Parents 1 His Early Education 2 His University Training at Leipsic 4 At Jena 8 At the University of Altdorf 10 His Removal to Frankfurt 10 His Mission to Paris 11 Discovery of the Calculus 12 Librarian at Hanover 13 His Activities 14 His Philosophic Writings 15 His Ecclesiastic and Academic Projects 17 His Later Years and Death 18

Sources of his Philosophy. Character of the Epoch into which Leibniz was born 20 The Thought of the Unity of the World 23 The two Agencies which formed Leibniz's Philosophy 24 The Cartesian Influences 26 Rationalistic Method 28 Mechanical Explanation of Nature 30 Application of Mathematics 32 Idea of Evolution 33 Interpretation of these Ideas 35 Idea of Activity or Entelechy 39 Idea of Rationality 40 Idea of Organism 42

The Problem and its Solution. Unity of Leibniz's Thought 43 Relation of Universal and Individual 44 Descartes' Treatment of this Question 46 Spinoza's Treatment of it 48 Leibniz's Solution 50 All Unity is Spiritual 53 And Active 54 Is a Representative Individual 56 Contrast of Monad and Atom 58 Pre-established Harmony reconciles Universal and Individual 59 Meaning of this Doctrine 62