Leibniz vs. Newton Leibniz went to school Leipzig. He started studying languages such as Latin and Greek at the age of twelve (1). He was such an intelligent man that he further taught himself these languages. Throughout his early teen years Leibniz studied Aristotle's logic and theory of categori...
because of his constant questioning and arguing against anything his professors said that could not be backed up by solid proof? ... Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... Unlike his predecessors, he had proof to back up his claims. ... Galileo wrote to him to correct his errors by using simple geometry (Machamer 29). ... He admitted in 1597 (albeit only in a private letter to his German contemporary Johannes Kepler) to his belief in the Copernican doctrine, but said that he would not come forward...
