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Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
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Release : 1927
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X030238032
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz,Peter G. Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 1953
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : OCLC:221118172
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781605204598
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 : Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192564283
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 Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : 0719017025
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872201325
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 Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000321097
Author : Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198829041
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 Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UIUC:30112047614315
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781554810116
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 : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : UOM:49015000805805
Author : Gottfried Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542646472
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 : G. W. Leibniz
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486149806
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.
Author : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : NWU:35556001414754
Author : Catherine Wilson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400879571
This study of the metaphysics of G. W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural philosophy. Catherine Wilson examines the shifts in Leibniz's thinking as he confronted the major philosophical problems of his era. Beginning with his interest in artificial languages and calculi for proof and discovery, the author proceeds to an examination of Leibniz’s early theories of matter and motion, to the phenomenalistic turn in his theory of substance and his subsequent de-emphasis of logical determinism, and finally to his doctrines of harmony and optimization. Specific attention is given to Leibniz’s understanding of Descartes and his successors, Malebranche and Spinoza, and the English philosophers Newton, Cudworth, and Locke. Wilson analyzes Leibniz’s complex response to the new mechanical philosophy, his discontent with the foundations on which it rested, and his return to the past to locate the resources for reconstructing it. She argues that the continuum-problem is the key to an understanding not only of Leibniz’s monadology but also of his views on the substantiality of the self and the impossibility of external causal influence. A final chapter considers the problem of Leibniz-reception in the post-Kantian era, and the difficulty of coming to terms with a metaphysics that is not only philosophically "critical" but, at the same time, “compensatory.” Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
