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Full Idea
The politics of Leibniz may be summed up in one word: theocracy. The specific agenda motivating much of his work was to reunite the Protestant and Catholic churches
Gist of Idea
The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity
Source
Matthew Stewart (The Courtier and the Heretic [2007], Ch. 5)
Book Ref
Stewart,Matthew: 'The Courtier and the Heretic' [Yale 2007], p.80
A Reaction
This would be a typical project for a rationalist philosopher, who thinks that good reasoning will gradually converge on the one truth.
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