Leibniz and the Kabbalah (Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees/international Archives of the History of Ideas)

The Kabbalah did influence Leibniz, and a recognition of this will lead to both a better understanding of the supposed "quirkiness,,2 of Leibniz's philosophy and an appreciation ofthe Kabbalah as an integral but hitherto ignored factor in the emergence of the modem secular and scientifically oriented world.