Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings: Discourse on Metaphysics, the Principlese of Nature and of Grace, the Monadology (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554810116 ISBN 13: 9781554810116

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2012

Synopsis

This is an edition of what are arguably Leibniz’s three most important presentations of his metaphysical system: the Discourse on Metaphysics, from 1686, and The Principles of Nature and of Grace and The Monadology, from 1714. Based on the Latta and Montgomery translations and revised by the editor, these texts set out the essentials of Leibniz’s mature metaphysical views. The edition includes an introductory essay and a set of appendices of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century texts, which help illuminate and contextualize Leibniz’s ideas. Among these are extensive passages from Leibniz’s Theodicy, many of which are cited in The Monadology.

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About the Author

Peter Loptson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Reality: Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics (University of Ottawa Press) and Theories of Human Nature (Broadview Press).

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This is an edition of what are arguably Leibniz's three most important presentations of his metaphysical system: the Discourse on Metaphysics, from 1686, and The Principles of Nature and of Grace and The Monadology, from 1714. Based on the Latta and Montgomery translations and revised by the editor, these texts set out the essentials of Leibniz's mature metaphysical views. The edition includes an introductory essay and a set of appendices of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century texts, which help illuminate and contextualize Leibniz's ideas. Among these are extensive passages from Leibniz's Theodicy, many of which are cited in The Monadology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554810116
• ISBN 13: 9781554810116
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242