The Metaphysical Foundation Of Leibniz's Freedom Theory

The doctrine of freedom is the core topic of Leibniz's philosophical system,which directly relates to the accurate grasp of the approach and fundamental intention of his philosophical whole.However,it is limited by the confusion of the text and the difference between Leibniz and his own.The meaning has never been fully explained in the text:how is freedom possible,and how is it compatible with God's pre-determined and sufficient reason to dominate the world?The more fundamental question is,how does Leibniz,as a systematic philosopher,lay a solid foundation for his free doctrine?Therefore,this article will be based on Leibniz's core texts and related research works.first clarifying the triple composition of the liberal doctrine,and expounding the possibility of freedom based on the spontaneity of creation.As a premise,it is the hypothetical necessity.By proving that the propositions of all existing worlds are accidental,freedom is opened up as a possibility;secondly,the core of the whole discourse is the spontaneity of self-development,and the world relies on itself.The nature of the birth and persistence,the original structure of the thing already contains the basis and premise of all subsequent activities,free from the interference of all foreign objects and self-regulation;finally is the basis of such self-regulation,that is,sufficient reason for all activities.The whole world was created as the carrier of the greatest good.The sufficient reason for all activities is nothing else but the desire for the greatest good.The second chapter starts from Leibniz's monadism,indicating that this kind of spontaneity is the nature of monade.Monade itself is the original force and movement,and all its activities are generated from the inside without any use of foreign objects;from the aspect of coexistence,monade is an absolutely independent spiritual entity,free from external influences,and exempted from the role of natural dynamics only follows its own purpose and activity;from a continuous perspective,the essence of monade is an infinite sequence of perceptions,each state of the moment is born from a prior state,and thus the principle of all activities is already included in each monade.The third chapter of this paper will stand in the perspective of logic,and prove that this spontaneity is derived from the identity between the propositional subject and predicate.Freedom is possible,just because each entity is infinite.Because each entity already contains all that will happen after,each entity will only encounter the identity that it contains,the predicate that belongs to itself;the reason for the replacement of the predicate is only in the entity,and entities open the whole world by themselves.The roots of the entire free world fall into the concept of an infinite main subject that includes all predicates.Thus,Leibniz's liberal doctrine will eventually emerge as the core issue throughout its philosophical system,and the whole system is based on the concept of"infinite subject".Since the subject innately contains all the predicates that appear after it,the things can be produced according to their own nature and without prejudice to God's predecessor.The monade can be defined as an infinitely continuous sequence of perceptions that are absolutely separated from the outside world.Individual entities can congenitally derive everything from the self.The freedom of things stems from its absolutely perfect concept.