German co-discoverer of calculus
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• Mathematician/philosopher Gottfried who espoused the phrase best of all possible worlds
• Philosopher who coined the phrase the best of all possible worlds
• Philosopher who created the binary system and calculus
• German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)