The Meaning of Leibniz's"Universal Characteristic"Plan
Leibniz dedicated his entire life to an ambitious plan,to which all his studies were in service.The development of this plan went through three stages,with the ultimate goal of discovering a universal characteristic and constructing a universal encyclopedia,unifying knowledge on the level of episte-mology,and establishing the most universally harmonious concepts and principles on the level of metaphysics.The core of achieving this goal lay in con-structing an alphabet of human thought and transforming conceptual thoughts into a form that could be reasoned and calculated.Leibniz attempted to find a universally applicable path to resolve various disputes through this plan.This advanced ideal holds an important position in the history of thought,and we are still on the journey to realizing this plan today.
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