Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff (1679–1754) was a German philosopher and key figure in the Enlightenment, known for systematizing rationalist thought. He built on the ideas of Descartes and Leibniz, emphasizing reason as the primary source of knowledge and clarifying the relationship between philosophy and science. Wolff advocated for a formal approach to philosophy, organizing knowledge into distinct fields, which influenced later thinkers. He believed that human beings could understand the world through logic and reason, laying groundwork for modern philosophy and science, and promoting the idea that rational understanding could lead to moral and social progress.