"omnibus ex nihilo ducendis" Everything can be derived from nothing. A side note, from some discussion of ethnomathematics over the years, many are surprised t

"omnibus ex nihilo ducendis" Everything can be derived from nothing. A side note, from some discussion of ethnomathematics over the years, many are surprised to hear that one of Leibniz's contributions as a state philosopher was proposing policies such as the "Egyptian Plan" to Louis XIV with addendums bearing titles that speak to a particular world-view. Example : "A Method to Institute a New, Invincible Militia That Can Subjugate the Entire Earth, Easily Seize Control over Egypt or Establish American Colonies". Essentially he wanted to take remote islands, clear them of their population, inhabit them with what he considered to be "a fine bunch of subhuman beasts" - being people orphaned from their respective regions and raised in military tradition towards perfect subservience to their masters.