Philosophical texts

by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,, Freiherr von

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Offering an invaluable introduction to Leibniz's philosophy, this volume collects many of his most important texts, beginning with the Discourse on Metaphysics (1686), which marks the beginning of maturity in his ideas, and ending with the Monadology (1714), which was written in response to requests for a systematic, organized account of his overall philosophy. Also included in this volume are critical reactions to Leibniz's work by his contemporaries (Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Bayle, and Simon F…

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Full title :Philosophical texts / G.W. Leibniz ; translated by Richard Francks and R.S. Woolhouse ; with introduction and notes by R.S. Woolhouse.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Originally published: 1998.

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Description:vi, 313 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:0198751524, 9780198751526, 0198751532, 9780198751533
oclc:ocn969454363
LC Classification:B2558

Substance and matter -- Physics and natural science -- The metaphysics of causation -- The union of body and mind -- Humans, animals, and their minds -- From God to the best possible world: creation, freedom, and the community of rational minds -- Leibniz: life and influences -- Discourse on metaphysics (1686) -- Correspondence with Arnauld (1686-1690) -- Reflections on the advancement of true metaphysics and particularly on the nature of substance explained by force (1694) -- New system of the nature of substances and their communication, and of the union which exists between the soul and the body (1695) -- Specimen Dynamicum: an essay in dynamics (1695) -- Reply of M.S.F. to M. de L.B.Z on his new system of the communication between substances (1695) -- Remarks on M. Foucher's objections (1695) -- [First] explanation of the new system of the communication between substances, in reply to what was said of it in the Journal for 12 September 1695 (1696) -- Extract from a letter written by M. Leibnitz about his philosophical hypothesis (1696) ('Third explanation of the new system') -- Note H to Bayle's Dictionary article 'Rorarius" (1697) -- Leibniz's comments on Note H to Bayle's Di…