leibniz was a philosopher who also did work in mathematics and physics. he worked on monadmonad
the monad is a concept from leibniz of a self-sufficient substance prior to relations. each monad has its own perspective. for deleuze, there are 2 key ideas here:
the whole of life...s. His motto is calculemus (latinlatin
latin is a language belonging to the proto-indo-european family.
for let us calculate). he believed in the principle of sufficient reason (causationcausation
causation is the abstraction whereby a temporally antecedent cause drives a proceeding effect. The notion of time is therefore quite important here. Thinkers of causation include aristotl...).
deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though... thinks that leibniz is the person to reach for when asking, what is philosophy?what is philosophy?
what is philosophy? is a book by deleuze and guattari.
Introduction
What Is a Concept?
The Plane of Immanence
Conceptual Personae
Geophilosophy
Functives and Concepts
Prospects and C... what does a philosopher grapple with? of course, for deleuze, the answer is that they create conceptconcept
In what is philosophy?, a concept is a creation (act of creativity) that testifies to the positive power of thinking as an event of life. philosophy creates concepts and puts th...s.