Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von LeibnizPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Philosophical Works of Leibnitz ...
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von LeibnizPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Discourse on Metaphysics
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von LeibnizPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Leibniz
Author: Nicholas JolleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134456158
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was hailed by Bertrand Russell as 'one of the supreme intellects of all time'. A towering figure in seventeenth-century philosophy, his complex thought has been championed and satirized in equal measure, most famously in Voltaire's Candide. In this outstanding introduction to his philosophy, Nicholas Jolley introduces and assesses the whole of Leibniz's philosophy. Beginning with an introduction to Leibniz's life and work, he carefully introduces the core elements of Leibniz's metaphysics: his theories of substance, identity and individuation; monads and space and time; and his important debate over the nature of space and time with Newton's champion, Samuel Clarke. He then introduces Leibniz's theories of mind, knowledge, and innate ideas, showing how Leibniz anticipated the distinction between conscious and unconscious states, before examining his theory of free will and the problem of evil. An important feature of the book is its introduction to Leibniz's moral and political philosophy, an overlooked aspect of his work. The final chapter assesses legacy and the impact of his philosophy on philosophy as a whole, particularly on the work of Immanuel Kant. Throughout, Nicholas Jolley places Leibniz in relation to some of the other great philosophers, such as Descartes, Spinoza and Locke, and discusses Leibniz's key works, such as the Monadology and Discourse on Metaphysics.
Leibniz: Philosophical Essays
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603849580
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Although Leibniz's writing forms an enormous corpus, no single work stands as a canonical expression of his whole philosophy. In addition, the wide range of Leibniz's work--letters, published papers, and fragments on a variety of philosophical, religious, mathematical, and scientific questions over a fifty-year period--heightens the challenge of preparing an edition of his writings in English translation from the French and Latin.
Protogaea
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226112977
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Protogaea, an ambitious account of terrestrial history, was central to the development of the earth sciences in the eighteenth century and provides key philosophical insights into the unity of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s thought and writings. In the book, Leibniz offers observations about the formation of the earth, the actions of fire and water, the genesis of rocks and minerals, the origins of salts and springs, the formation of fossils, and their identification as the remains of living organisms. Protogaea also includes a series of engraved plates depicting the remains of animals—in particular the famous reconstruction of a “fossil unicorn”—together with a cross section of the cave in which some fossil objects were discovered. Though the works of Leibniz have been widely translated, Protogaea has languished in its original Latin for centuries. Now Claudine Cohen and Andre Wakefield offer the first English translation of this central text in natural philosophy and natural history. Written between 1691 and 1693, and first published after Leibniz’s death in 1749, Protogaea reemerges in this bilingual edition with an introduction that carefully situates the work within its historical context.
The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz
Author: Nicholas JolleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521367691
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The most comprehensive account of the full range of Leibniz's thought.
Discourse on Metaphysics
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von LeibnizPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : First philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Philosophical Essays
Author: The Philosophical Works of Leibnitz ..
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015704763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz
Author: Bertrand RussellPublisher: Spokesman Books
ISBN: 0851247423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Russell's first strictly philosophical work, this study remains one of the most important studies of Leibniz every published. It established an approach to studying philosophers of the past that emphasises the philosophical rather than the historical.