d ör f fer ▁suggested ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁nothing ▁that ▁the ▁writer ▁could ▁dev ise ▁" the ▁lik es ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁already ". ▁To ▁combat ▁this , ▁H ars d ör f fer ▁rolled ▁dice , ▁with ▁sy ll ables ▁on ▁each ▁face ▁instead ▁of ▁numbers ▁and ▁then , ▁combining ▁the ▁sy ll ables , ▁invent ed ▁new ▁words ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁convention ally ▁apply ▁to ▁the ▁lex icon . ▁H ars d ör f fer ▁specifically ▁borrow ed ▁the ▁mathematical ▁construct s ▁of ▁chance ▁and ▁probability ▁to ▁create ▁new ▁words ▁through ▁his ▁version ▁of ▁a ▁word ▁game . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 6 , ▁phil os opher ▁Gott fried ▁Wilhelm ▁Le ib n iz ▁published ▁his ▁Dis sert ation ▁on ▁the ▁Art ▁of ▁Com bin ations , ▁which ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁foundation ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁developed ▁the ▁" art ▁of ▁combinations ". ▁ ▁In ▁it , ▁Le ib n iz ▁bor rows ▁basic ▁permut ation ▁theory ▁from ▁mathematics ▁and ▁applies ▁it ▁to ▁other ▁discipl ines , ▁such ▁as ▁the ology , ▁law ▁and ▁philosophy . ▁Le ib n iz ▁demonstr ates ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁God ▁with ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁number ed ▁post ulations ▁and ▁cor ollary ▁hypoth eses ▁that ▁cancel ▁out ▁one ▁another ▁or ▁rely ▁on , ▁and ▁build ▁on , ▁one ▁another ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁conclusion . The ▁logical ▁construction ▁of ▁approaching ▁a ▁mathematical ▁problem ▁is ▁borrow ed , ▁and ▁applied ▁to ▁a ▁philosoph ical ▁d ile m ma . ▁Writing ▁for ▁The ▁Public