Philosophy course: ‘Leibniz: Man and Image – The Course on the Film’

Philosophy & Film: Discover Leibniz's thoughts on individual worldview and Edgar Reitz's new film.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) thought (among countless other things) about what a human is and what the world is in which they experience. Every person is an individual. A person has a completely individual perspective on the world in which they experience; therefore, every person sees the world as a different image - and this also includes other people. A single image can impossibly depict an object; for this, one would need the infinity of all views on this thing. This is the subject of works by Leibniz that we read in excerpts (Metaphysical Treatise; Monadology), and it is also the subject of the new film by Edgar Reitz.

Fee: 54 €/6 sessions
Cooperation with the Senior Academy at the vhs Bernkastel-Kues

Lead: Dr. Matthias Vollet