Rațiune și credință în viziunea lui Leibniz
Reason and Faith in Leibniz’s View

Summary/Abstract: Engaging in the dispute regarding the possibility of using philosophy in theology, Leibniz pleads for the appeal to philosophy, and therefore, to reason, although within certain limits. Understanding by reason the “inviolable chaining of truths”, he admits the concordance of principle between reason and faith, combating the thesis of the Averroist origin of the double truth. On the other hand, Leibniz distinguishes between metaphysical necessity – which is strictly logical, which no truth of faith can contradict – and physical necessity, based strictly on our experience, which can be overcome by the mysteries of faith. Therefore, from his perspective, there are truths of faith that we cannot understand, and faith goes beyond the intellect, encompassing both the heart and the will of man.

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