Full Idea
The dominant philosophy of mid-eighteenth century Germany was Wolffianism, a codified and almost legalistically organised form of Leibnizian thought.
Clarification
Christian Wolff (1679-1739)
Gist of Idea
Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought
Source
Terry Pinkard (German Philosophy 1760-1860 [2002], Intro)
Book Reference
Pinkard,Terry: 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' [CUP 2002], p.12
A Reaction
Kant grew up in this intellectual climate.