Discourse On Metaphysics And Other Writings

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872201325

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Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Pdf

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).

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781554810116

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Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Pdf

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.

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : 0719017025

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Discourse on Metaphysics and Related Writings by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Pdf

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz,Peter G. Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : OCLC:221118172

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Discourse on Metaphysics by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz,Peter G. Lucas Pdf

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X030238032

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Discourse on Metaphysics by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Pdf

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798681607205

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Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings (Graphyco Annotated Edition) by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Pdf

"This is the best of all possible worlds." Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Writings is a short treatise in whichLeibniz develops philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe. . Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was an influential German polymath and one of the most important natural philosophers and mathematicians of the Age of Enlightenment.

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781605204598

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Discourse on Metaphysics and the Monadology by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Pdf

The impact of the work of German mathematician GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ (1646-1716) on modern science and technology is all but incalculable. His notation for infinitesimal calculus-which he developed independently of Newton-remains in use today, and his invention of binary counting is the basis for modern computing. He was a powerfully influential philosopher as well, and is still considered, alongside Descartes and Spinoza, one of the great 17th-century rationalists. Because much of Leibniz's thinking in the realm of the sciences flowed from his philosophy, understanding how he approached the natural world and humanity's place in it is vital to understanding his contributions to modern science. This edition collects two of Leibniz's foundational works, "Discourse on Metaphysics" and "The Monadology," which expound on concepts of philosophical "optimism"-that we live in the best of all possible worlds-and consequently features Leibniz's thoughts on the nature of physical matter. This classic work will intrigue all students of science and philosophy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1780
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024481512

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Philosophical Essays by Anonim Pdf

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141936062

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Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings by René Descartes Pdf

Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the father of modern philosophy, the MEDITATIONS, first published in 1641, must surely be Rene Descartes' masterpiece. This volume consists of not only a new translation of the original Latin text and the expanded objections and replies, but also includes selected correspondence and other metaphysical writings from the period 1641-49.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141906287

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Discourse on Method and Related Writings by René Descartes Pdf

This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the earlier, unpublished work, THE WORLD; as well as a selection of Descartes' correspondence and his replies to his critics.

Author : Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192564283

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Leibniz: Discourse on Metaphysics by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Pdf

The Discourse on Metaphysics is one of Leibniz ́s fundamental works. Written around January 1686, it is the most accomplished systematic expression of Leibniz's philosophy in the 1680s, the period in which Leibniz's philosophy reached maturity. Leibniz's goal in the Discourse is to give a metaphysics for Christianity; that is, to provide the answers that he believes Christians should give to the basic metaphysical questions. Why does the world exist? What is the world like? What kinds of things exist? And what is the place of human beings in the world? To this purpose Leibniz discusses some of the most traditional topics of metaphysics, such as the nature of God, the purpose of God in creating the world, the nature of substance, the possibility of miracles, the nature of our knowledge, free will, and the justice behind salvation and damnation. This volume provides a new translation of the Discourse, complete with a critical introduction and a comprehensive philosophical commentary.

Author : Gottfried Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542646472

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Discourse on Metaphysics by Gottfried Leibniz Pdf

Discourse on MetaphysicsGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizTranslated by George R. MontgomeryThe 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.The metaphysical considerations proceed from God to the substantial world and back to the spiritual realm. The starting point for the work is the conception of God as an absolutely perfect being (I), that God is good but goodness exists independently of God (a rejection of divine command theory) (II), and that God has created the world in an ordered and perfect fashion (III-VII).At the time of its writing Discourse made the controversial claim That the opinions of... scholastic philosophers are not to be wholly despised (XI). Early work in modern philosophy during the 17th century were based on a rejection of many of the precepts of medieval philosophy. Leibniz saw the failures of scholasticism merely as one of rigor. [If] some careful and meditative mind were to take the trouble to clarify and direct their thoughts in the manner of analytic geometers, he would find a great treasure of important truths, wholly demonstrable.

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UOM:49015000805805

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Discourse on Metaphysics by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Pdf

Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz,Samuel Clarke
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 087220524X

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Correspondence by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz,Samuel Clarke Pdf

For this new edition, Roger Ariew has adapted Samuel Clarke's edition of 1717, modernizing it to reflect contemporary English usage. Ariew's introduction places the correspondence in historical context and discusses the vibrant philosophical climate of the times. Appendices provide those selections from the works of Newton that Clarke frequently refers to in the correspondence. A bibliography is also included.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052128807X

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The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 1 by René Descartes Pdf

A completely new translation of the works of Descartes is intended to replace the Haldane and Ross edition, first published in 1911. All material from that edition is translated here, with a number of other texts crucial for understanding Cartesian philosophy.