Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays: Discourse on Metaphysics; On the Ultimate Origination of Things; Preface to the New Essays; The Monadology - Hardcover

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0872201333 ISBN 13: 9780872201330

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 1991

Synopsis

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introductions to Leibniz's complex thought: Discourse on Metaphysics of 1686 and Monadology of 1714. These are supplemented with two essays of special interest to the student of modern philosophy, On the Ultimate Origination of Things of 1697 and the Preface to his New Essays of 1703-1705. The translations are taken from Leibniz, Philosophical Essays , edited and translated by Roger Ariew and Daniel Garber (Hackett, 1989).

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Synopsis:

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays contains complete translations of the two essays that constitute the best introduction to Leibniz's complete thought: 'Discourse on Metaphysics', a short course in his metaphysics, written in 1686 at the time his mature thought was just crystalising and 'Monadology' of 1714, a summary of Leibniz's mature metaphysics, written late in his long career. These are supplemented with two essays of special interest to the student of modern philosophy, 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things' of 1697, which deals clearly with Leibniz's celebrated doctrine of contingency and creation, and the Preface to his New Essays of 1703-1705, which presents a brief and coherent overview of his epistemological position, particularly as it relates to the empiricism of Locke.

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G W Leibniz; Translated by Daniel Garber and Roger Ariew

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• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0872201333
• ISBN 13: 9780872201330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96