German Idealism (2)
Leibniz and the Pietists. Several factors contributed to the peculiarly
independent character of the Enlightenment in Germany. Most notable was
the influence of Liebniz and that of the Pietists. Leibniz was an essentially
religious personality, and in transplanting the spirit of the Enlightenment
into Germany he gave it that distinctively ethical and religious flavor which
became characteristic of German Idealism. It was he who was chiefly instrumental
in substituting the mec
