Leibniz’s Philosophy and Phenomenology -From Leibniz to Husserl and Heidegger

It is seemingly unexpected that Leibniz's philos ophy, which is always regarded as a model of rationalistic dogmatism, is paid great attention by phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. In fact Leibniz's philosophy is multi-dimensional. His theory of intuition goes beyond the opposition between rationalism and empiricism in modern philosophy, and his monadology has elements of existentialism. Husserl and Heidegger, from their own phenomenological viewpoints, give different explanations to his philosophy. It is helpful for us to study their relations so as to reconsider Leibniz's thoughts.