138. Ben Franklin and Gottfried Leibniz

In my blog 136, I say that Ben Franklin told his grandson about the immorality of the human soul. Now (click) and see a book of  papers on 'Leibniz Philosophical Writings.'   On page 124 of this book, turn to the paper 'New System, and Explanation of the New System, (1695-6).' On this page,  Leibniz also speaks of the immorality of our soul. Leibniz's work on souls and their immortality is very difficult subject  for non scientists or physical scientists.  So, Ben had to learn something very complex in Europe.

It is clear to me that Ben Franklin learned about 'the immortality of the human soul' from Gottfried Leibniz, when he visited the German Royal Society of Sciences at Gottingen and the French Academy of Sciences.

If you read Leibniz's paper on the New System (from pages115 to 132), you will learn that Ben Franklin became well informed about Leibniz's New System in Germany and France and could not wait to get home from Europe in 1766 to inform his close friends that they were in political trouble with England and God.  Ben's Autobiography and Chronology tell us that Ben's leadership increased significantly after he came home. But Ben never became an open friend of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson's mechanical mind was very different than the mind of Ben.  This is why Ben had to install most of Leibniz's thoughts into the Declaration  f Independence after Jefferson drafted it.

To become real followers of God, Ben, and Leibniz, the U.S. Congress and the GOP must adjust their minds because Ben installed many complex thoughts of Leibniz into the Declaration of Independence. For example, Ben changed the phrase 'the people' to 'one People.'  The is a major change that connects each soul to all other souls and to one God.