Philospher Gottfried Liebniz

Accomplishing this task is difficult, however, because Leibniz never systematically exhibited the unity of his philosophy in his writings. Instead, that underlying unity has to be reconstructed, which is made more difficult by the fact that much of his work remains unpublished. a secondary problem arises because of the variety of his interests, for this makes any adequate interpretation require searching for the hidden unity in his thought (Schrecker ix). The indispensable basis of all of the thought of Leibniz is found in the same source:

. . . the infinitesimal analysis and the theory of minute perceptions, the monadologic metaphy

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of rationality (Palmer 161). The principle of internal harmony is the next important concept offered by Leibniz, and this holds that if there is a God, that God must be both rational and good. God must desire and be capable of creating the maximum amount of existence possible ("metaphysical perfection") and the maximum amount of activity possible ("moral perfection"). As noted, at the moment of creation God must have entertained all possibilities. He then actualized only those possibilities that would guarantee the maximum amount of metaphysical and moral perfection (Palmer 161). Leibniz writes in his Metaphysics, The conception of God which is the most common and the most full of meaning is expressed well enough in the words: God is an absolutely perfect being (Leibniz, Metaphysics 3). However, as Leibniz further states, there are different types of perfection. God possesses all of them in the highest degree. Leibniz then considers what perfection is and applies this to God, who is perfect in knowledge, omnipotence, metaphysically, and from the moral standpoint. Leibniz also states that the more we know about God, the more we will be disposed to find his works excellent. Indeed, the more we know of them, the more
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