Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz & Voltaire

Did Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire live at the same time?

Yes. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire lived at the same time for 22 years, from 1694 to 1716.^[1][2][3][4]

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · Voltaire · Born in 1646 · Born in 1694

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646–1716

Science & Invention

Co-inventor of calculus, philosopher

Voltaire

1694–1778

Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

How Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire Are Connected

• Leibniz's optimistic idea that ours is the best possible world God could have created was lampooned by Voltaire in his satirical novella Candide.^[1]

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