Outline of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz:

Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716); German polymath, philosopher logician, mathematician. Developed differential and integral calculus at about the same time and independently of Isaac Newton. Leibniz earned his keep as a lawyer, diplomat, librarian, and genealogist for the House of Hanover, and contributed to diverse areas. His impact continues to reverberate, especially his original contributions in logic and binary representations.

Devices

 * Leibniz calculator

Logic

 * Alphabet of human thought
 * Calculus ratiocinator

Mathematics

 * Calculus
 * General Leibniz rule
 * Leibniz formula for $\pi$
 * Leibniz integral rule

Philosophy

 * Best of all possible worlds
 * Characteristica universalis
 * Identity of indiscernibles
 * Pre-established harmony
 * Principle of sufficient reason

Personal life

 * Leibniz's political views
 * Leibniz's religious views

Major works by Leibniz

 * De Arte Combinatoria
 * Discourse on Metaphysics, (text at wikisource)
 * Monadology, (text at wikisource)
 * New Essays on Human Understanding
 * Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis
 * Protogaea
 * Théodicée

Manuscript archives and translations of Leibniz's works

 * Leibniz Archive (Hannover) at the Leibniz Research Center - Hannover
 * Leibniz Archive (Potsdam) at the Brandenburg Academy of Humanities and Sciences
 * Leibniz Archive (Munster), Leibniz-Forschungsstelle Münster digital edition
 * Leibniz Archive (Berlin), digital edition
 * Donald Rutherford's translations at UCSD
 * Lloyd Strickland's translations at leibniz-translations.com

Journals focused on Leibniz studies

 * The Leibniz Review
 * Studia Leibnitiana

Organizations named after Leibniz

 * Leibniz Association
 * Leibniz College, affiliated with the University of Tübingen
 * Leibniz Institute of European History
 * Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research
 * Leibniz Society of North America
 * Leibniz Supercomputing Center, (more details in German version)
 * Leibniz University Hannover
 * ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
 * Leibniz Schools in Germany

Prizes named after Leibniz

 * Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. It is regarded as the highest German award.
 * Leibniz Ring awarded by the Hannover Press Club.
 * Berlin Leibniz Medal originally awarded by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences; currently awarded by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
 * Leibniz Medal (Mainz) awarded by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature.

Publications about Leibniz
Maria Rosa Antognazza's 2009 Leibniz biography is a major recent resource.