Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
The Metaphysics of Sir Isaac Newton
Author: VoltaireLa métaphysique de Neuton, ou, Parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz
Author: VoltairePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : fr
Pages : 84
Book Description
Examen d'un livre intitule: la metaphysique de Newton ou paralelle des Sentimens de Newton et de Leibnitz par Mr. Voltaire. Traduit de l'allemand en francois par de Gautier Saint-Blancard
Author: Ludovicus Martinus KahlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 134
Book Description
Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Time and Space
Author: Michael FutchPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402082371
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Leibniz’s metaphysics of space and time stands at the centre of his philosophy and is one of the high-water marks in the history of the philosophy of science. In this work, Futch provides the first systematic and comprehensive examination of Leibniz’s thought on this subject. In addition to elucidating the nature of Leibniz’s relationalism, the book fills a lacuna in existing scholarship by examining his views on the topological structure of space and time, including the unity and unboundedness of space and time. It is shown that, like many of his more recent counterparts, Leibniz adopts a causal theory of time where temporal facts are grounded on causal facts, and that his approach to time represents a precursor to non-tensed theories of time. Futch then goes on to situate Leibniz’s philosophy of space and time within the broader context of his idealistic metaphysics and natural theology. Emphasizing the historical background of Leibniz’s thought, the book also places him in dialogue with contemporary philosophy of science, underscoring the enduring philosophical interest of Leibniz’s metaphysics of time and space.
Discourse on Metaphysics
Author: Gottfried LeibnizPublisher:
ISBN: 9781976540851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Discourse on Metaphysics (French: Discours de m�taphysique, 1686) is a short treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe. It is one of the few texts presenting in a consistent form the earlier philosophy of Leibniz.The Discourse is closely connected to the epistolary discussion which he carried with Antoine Arnauld. However Leibniz refrained from sending the full text and it remained unpublished until the mid 19th century. Arnauld received only an abridged version in 37 points which resumed whole paragraphs and steered their discussion.
Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz
Author: Roger WoolhousePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134877064
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional metaphysics. in philosophy.
Examen d'un livre intitulé La métaphysique de Newton, ou parallèle des sentimens de Newton et de Leibnitz
Author: Louis Marin KahleDiscourse on Metaphysics
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von LeibnizPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Discourse on Metaphysics and The Monadology
Author: G. W. LeibnizPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149803
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
One of the seventeenth century's most important thinkers, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz exercised enormous influence on the philosophy of Herder, Feuerbach, and Hegel as well as on the writings of Schiller and Goethe. Two of Leibniz's most studied and often quoted works appear in this volume: Discourse on Metaphysics and The Monadology. Published in 1686, the Discourse on Metaphysics consists of Leibniz's expansion of a letter to his theologian friend Antoine Arnauld, in which he explains that through our perceptions we express the rest of the universe from our own unique perspectives. The whole world is thus contained in each individual substance as each represents the same universe and "the universe is in a way multiplied as many times as there are substances, and similarly the glory of God is redoubled by as many completely different representations of His work." It is here that Leibniz makes his famous assertion that God, with perfect knowledge and goodness, freely chose to create this, the best of all possible worlds. The Monadology, written in 1714, offers a concise synopsis of Leibniz's philosophy. It establishes the laws of final causes, which underlie God's free choice to create the best possible world--a world that serves as dynamic and perfectly ordered evidence of the wisdom, power, and benevolence of its creator.