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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

interest and intelligence (Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, 2007). "By the age of twelve, he had taught himself how to read Latin, a...

Locke and Leibniz Refuted by Immanuel Kant

This paper examines how in Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection, Immanuel Kant refutes Locke and Leibniz's theories in 5 pages....

Life and Accomplishments of Wilhelm von Humboldt

In six pages this paper discusses Wilhelm von Humboldt's life and contributions compared with his brother Alexander von Humboldt, ...

G.W. Leibniz's Theory of Monads

This paper addresses Leibniz's Monad theory of a harmonious universe, constructed of infinite monads (units), ascending to the Sup...

Table Conversation Between John Locke, Gottfried Leibniz, and George Berkeley

The ways in which these men's various philosophies manifest themselves in a conversation about a table are examined in considerati...

Pros and Cons of Barbara Gottfried's Article on Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'

of a tale inside of a tale, it can be said. The first point that the Wife of Bath makes, and on which Gottfried comments, is tha...

Studying History and the Importance of Nation States According to Von Ranke

This paper discusses von Ranke's views on studying world history and the global importance of nation states in a paper consisting ...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Democracy in the Digital Age by Wilhelm

a divide now but that does not mean that the problem cannot be corrected. Wilhelm (2000) hints that the conversations which occu...

Leibniz's Second Theory of Monads

This paper addresses Leibniz's second theory of Monads, or structured units. However his second theory addresses gaps in his firs...

Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone

Mathematician John von Neumann's biography by William Poundstone entitled Prisoner's Dilemma is examined in five pages and include...

The Reasons Cited for the Onset of World War I

Russia and Britain signed a treaty, Russia joined the Entente. Russias entrance into the war was due to this Entente and their goa...

The Role of Wilhelm II in Germany's Foreign Policy During the Nineteen Hundreds

This paper examines the role played by Wilhelm II in Germany's foreign policy decisions. This nine page paper has nine sources in...

Psychology History

In twenty pages this paper discusses psychology in an historical overview that includes discipline and considers theoretical evolu...

Arthurian Romance

In five pages this paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of 3 selections from the James Wilhelm edited edition of The Romanc...

3 Selections from The Romance of Arthur

and simultaneously down plays the role of the warrior in medieval narrative (Wilhelm 283). This is evident from the beginning of...

Psychology as Science According to Wilhelm Wundt

capabilities and personality. Wundt and Change It has been argued that the contribution of Willhelm Wundt to the establishment ...

Germany Before the First World War

In ten pages this report considers Germany prior to the First World War in terms of the issues that the country was struggling wit...

'Father of Psychology' Wilhelm Wundt

1864, Wundt became an assistant professor at Heidelberg and three years later, he began teaching a course he termed physiological ...

Wilhelm Riehl as Reviewed by George Eliot

it; that is, if a society is to be just, fair and rational, it has to be made up of individuals who are themselves just, fair and ...

Life and Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

In five pages this research paper explores the early 19th century philosopher's life and approach to philosophy with emphasis bein...

Knowledge and the Views of the Empiricists and the Rationalists

In eleven pages this paper defines rationalism and empiricism in a consideration of the philosophical views of Berkeley, Hume, Loc...

Leibniz and Newton

This paper consists of seven pages and examines how calculus was founded by the ideas formulated by Newton and Leibniz in a consid...

Prepositional Calculus Development

In ten pages prepositional calculus is considered in terms of development and includes logical calculus, symbolic logic, and the c...

Plato, Francis Crick, and Leibniz on the Existence of God

being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...

Philosophy and the Relationship Between the Body and the Mind

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

Sufficient Reason Principle and St. Thomas Aquinas

supported this argument in support of Gods existence, contending that the external world is the ruling force behind the presence o...

Philosophical Concepts

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...