Exchange of letters

For the first time in German: the extensive and intensive correspondence between the witty Electress and the polymath. The correspondence between the Hanoverian polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Sophie von Hannover, which spanned three and a half decades, began in 1680 and lasted until the death of the Electress. The lively correspondence provides insights into the unusual relationship of trust between the Privy Councillor and the ruler: Sophie valued Leibniz's comprehensive expertise in various fields of knowledge and politics as well as his courtly skill. She met the great scholar with lasting esteem and repeatedly conveyed support for him to her husband and her son Georg Ludwig. For Leibniz, the princess was a valuable interlocutor with whom he discussed important philosophical questions. Also in the question about the.