Philosophical essays

by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,, Freiherr von

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Full title :Philosophical essays / G.W. Leibniz ; edited and translated by Roger Ariew and Daniel Garber.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1989

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hackett Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Indianapolis
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1989

Notes

Includes selections from Leibniz's correspondence, essays, and other works.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 366 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0872200620, 9780872200623, 0872200639, 9780872200630
oclc:ocm18907466
LC Classification:B2558
Dewey Decimal:193

Introduction -- Leibniz: life and works -- Principle of selection and rationale for the volume -- Selected bibliography of the works of Leibniz -- Selected bibliography of secondary works -- Translations and other texts referred to in the notes.

Part I: Basic works -- Letter to Foucher (1675) -- Preface of a universal characteristic (1678-79) -- Samples of the numerical characteristic (1679) -- On freedom and possibility (1680-82?) -- Meditations on knowledge, truth, and ideas (1684) -- On contingency (1686?) -- Primary truths (1686?) -- Discourse on metaphysics (1686) -- From the letters to Arnauld (1686-87) -- On Copernicanism and the relativity of motion (1689) -- On freedom (1689?) -- The source of contingent truths (1685-89?) -- Notes on some comments by Michel Angel Fardella (1690) -- Preface to the Dynamics (1691?) -- Dialogue on human freedom and the origin of evil (1695) -- A specimen of dynamics (1695) -- New system of nature (1695) -- Note on Foucher's objection (1695) -- Postscript of a letter to Basnage de Beauval (1696) -- On the ultimate origination of things (1697) -- On nature itself (1698) -- From the letters to Johann Bernoulli (1698-99) -- From the letters to …

Subjects

Early works Epistolografia Essais Essay Essays Filosofia moderna (ensaios) -- Alemanha filosofie Philosophie Philosophie -- Ouvrages avant 1800 Philosophy Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 Philosophy, German -- 17th century